Ilkka Laitinen
| Ilkka Laitinen | |
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Ilkka Laitinen 2008 in Athens | |
| Born |
22 August 1962 Nurmes |
| Allegiance |
 Finland |
| Service/branch | Finnish Border Guard |
| Years of service | since 1982 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Other work | Executive Director of Frontex |
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Ilkka Laitinen (born 22 August 1962 in Nurmes, Finland) is a major general and the Deputy Chief of the Finnish Border Guard. He was the Executive Director of Frontex, the European Union’s border protection agency.
He served in the Finnish Border Guard in 1982 and since 1985. He rose to the rank of colonel in 2004 and has held a wide variety of national and EU jobs. He was appointed as the first head of Frontex on 25 May 2005.[1]
References
- ↑ "Franco Frattini and Luc Frieden visit the External Borders Agency (Frontex) in Warsaw". http://europa.eu/. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
The Management Board of the Frontex Agency met for the first time in Warsaw, on 25 May 2005. [...] The Management Board, on the basis of the short list submitted by the Commission, appointed Colonel Ilkka LAITINEN of Finland as Executive Director of the Agency.
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- Finnish Ministry of the Interior: Press release Colonel Ilkka Laitinen appointed as Executive Director of the EU Borders Agency (2005-05-25)
- Finnish Police: Curriculum vitae of Ilkka Laitinen
- Frontex official site
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| Preceded by New organisation |
Director of Frontex May 2005 - January 2015 |
Succeeded by Fabrice Leggeri |
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