Viitasaari, Markku Tapio

Brigadier General

Position

Director of the National Defence Unit, Ministry of Defence

Date and place of birth

18 September 1969 Espoo

Family

Married
One child

Career

Matriculation examination, Tapiola High School 1988
Military service, Armoured Brigade 1988-1989
Fixed-term service, Helsinki Naval Station 1989 - 1990
Cadet Course 77, 1990 - 1993
Instructor, Kymi Jaeger Battalion 1993-1994
Deputy Company Commander and Commander, Gulf of Finland Naval Command 1994 - 1997
Chief of Intelligence, Finnish Contingent / SFOR, Bosnia 1997 - 1998
Chief of Office and Chief of Section, Finnish Intelligence Research Establishment 1998 - 2000
Senior Staff Officer Course 2000-2001
General Staff Officer Course 2001-2002
Senior Staff Officer, Intelligence Division, Defence Command 2002-2007
Senior Staff Officer, Ministry of Defence, 2007-2008
Aide de Camp to the Minister of Defence, 2008-2011
Assistant Defence Attaché, Washington DC, 2012 - 2015
Chief of Section, Finnish Defence Intelligence Agency 2015 - 2019
Deputy Chief of Staff Army Intelligence 2020 - 2021
Deputy Chief of Division, Operations Division, Defence Command 2022 - 2023
Military Advisor to the Minister of Defence, 2023 - 2024
Head of Unit, Ministry of Defence, 2024 -
Combined Strategic Intelligence Training Program (CSITP), USA, 1999
191st National Defence Course, 2008
Foreign Affairs Administration International Affairs Course, 2011 - 2012
High Command Course, 2022

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