Juhani Kaskeala

Juhani Kaskeala

Admiral Pauli Juhani Kaskeala (born 26 July1946, Kuopio) is a senior Finnish naval officer and the current Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces.

In 1982, Kaskeala was appointed as Third Aide-de-Camp to the President of the Republic, Mauno Koivisto, eventually serving as First Aide-de-Camp from 1987. From 1989 to 1991, he was commander of a missile squadron in the Coastal Fleet. Kaskeala was then a military attaché in London, The Hague and Brussels between 1991 and 1994, before serving as principal secretary to the Defence Council 1994-1997, and as Commander of the Turku And Pori Military Province 1997-1998.

He served as Director General for Defence Policy at Finland's Ministry of Defence from 1998 to 2001, and was then the Finnish Military Representative to the EU and NATO in Brussels, before being appointed Chief of Defence on 5 June, 2001.


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