Sakari Simelius
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Jaakko Sakari Simelius (13 November 1900, Kuopio – 18 May 1985, Helsinki) was a Finnish General of the Infantry. He was the Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces between 1959 and 1965.
External links
- The Finnish Defence Forces: Chiefs of Defence Archived 2009-09-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
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The Finnish Chief of Defence
- C. G. E. Mannerheim (1918)
- K. F. Wilkama (1918)
- W. A. Thesleff (1918)
- Rudolf Walden (1918)
- K. F. Wilkama (1919)
- K. E. Kivekäs (1919)
- K. F. Wilkama (1919–1924)
- V. P. Nenonen (1924–1925)
- Lauri Malmberg (1925)
- K. F. Wilkama (1925–1926)
- Aarne Sihvo (1926–1933)
- Hugo Österman (1933–1939)
- C. G. E. Mannerheim (1939–1945)
- Erik Heinrichs (1945)
- Jarl Lundqvist (1945–1946)
- Aarne Sihvo (1946–1953)
- Kaarlo Heiskanen (1953–1959)
- Sakari Simelius (1959–1965)
- Yrjö Keinonen (1965–1969)
- Kaarlo Leinonen (1969–1974)
- Lauri Sutela (1974–1983)
- Jaakko Valtanen (1983–1990)
- Jan Klenberg (1990–1994)
- Gustav Hägglund (1994–2001)
- Juhani Kaskeala (2001–2009)
- Ari Puheloinen (2009–2014)
- Jarmo Lindberg (2014–2019)
- Timo Kivinen (2019–2024)
- Janne Jaakkola (2024–)
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