Lauri Sutela
Lauri Sutela | |
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| Born | 11 October 1918 General |
| Unit | 12th Jager Engineer Regiment. |
| Commands held | Chief of Defence |
| Battles/wars | Winter War Continuation War |
Sutela worked his way up the Finnish Army and finally became the Chief of Defence from 15 April 1974 until 11 October 1983. His appointment was controversial since he was the first (and last) non-combat arms officer to be appointed as the Chief of Defence, but he was appointed solely on the basis of seniority. He was considered to be acceptable and a consensus candidate to both Sweden, Soviet Union, West Germany and East Germany, i.e. the main foreign players with influence in the Finnish defence establishment.[3] As a Staff Colonel in the early-to-mid 1960s, he had authored several books on doctrine and tactics on how to adapt Soviet weapons systems to Western/Finnish doctrine and tactics.
Death
Sutela died in
References
- ^ "Puolustusvoimain entinen komentaja Sutela on kuollut" (in Finnish). Kaleva. 2011-11-08. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "General Lauri Sutela har avlidit" (in Swedish). Åbo Underrättelser. 2011-11-08. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ Jaakko Salmela (September 2009). "Kenraalit ovat tervaskantoja". Ruotuvaki. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ^ "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
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