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About Jukka Juusti
- Jukka Matti Juusti (born 16 May 1955) is a Finnish Major General (tech.), retired, and he holds a Master of Science degree in technology.
- When appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence as of 1 January 2016, he followed Arto Räty in this post.
- Prior to the appointment, he acted as the Director of the Resource Policy Department in 2012-2015.Juusti was born in Oulu.
- He took his matriculation examination in the upper secondary school of Riihimäki in 1974 and went on to study at a university of technology where, in 1979, he completed his Master's degree in the department of electrical engineering.
- He also completed the Master's Degree in Defence Administration in Great Britain in 1989.
- Jukka Juusti has a long career in the defence administration and he has also held various international positions.
- His career in the defence administration includes the positions as Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics and Armaments (2011-2012); Chief Engineer of the Finnish Defence Forces (2006); and Chief of Armaments of the Finnish Defence Forces.
- He has also worked as a defence adviser at the Mission of Finland to Nato in Brussels from 1999 to 2003 and as Armaments Director in the European Defence Agency from 2008 to 2010.There was a political debate on the proposal to appoint Juusti as Permanent Secretary; this also raised a lot of public discussion as the National Coalition Party and a number of experts wished that Arto Räty would continue in the position.
- The then Minister of Finance Alexander Stubb (National Coalition Party) requested referral of the matter.
- According to expert public servants, both generals were equally qualified for the task.
- The Government made a decision in line with the proposal of Minister of Defence Jussi Niinistö (True Finns) and Juusti was appointed.
- According to Niinistö, Juusti combines military and civilian competences, technical expertise and financial skills.
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