About Ilkka Laitinen
Lived 1962 – 2019 (aged 57). Ilkka Laitinen was a Finnish politician, military personnel and frontex.
Ilkka Pertti Juhani Laitinen (22 August 1962 – 29 September 2019) was a Finnish border guard officer, who served as the lieutenant general and the Chief of the Finnish Border Guard from 2018 to 2019. He was the first executive director of Frontex, the European Union’s border protection agency, from 2005 until 2014.
He served in the Finnish Border Guard in 1982 and since 1985. He rose to the rank of colonel in 2004 and held a wide variety of national and EU jobs. He was appointed as the first head of Frontex on 25 May 2005.
Laitinen retired from the Finnish Border Guard due to ill health on 31 August 2019. He died on 29 September 2019, aged 57, due to illness.
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Who was Ilkka Laitinen?
Finnish lieutenant general (1962-2019)
When was Ilkka Laitinen born?
Ilkka Laitinen was born on 22 August 1962 in Nurmes.
When did Ilkka Laitinen die?
Ilkka Laitinen died on 29 September 2019 in Vantaa.
What was Ilkka Laitinen's occupation?
Ilkka Laitinen was a politician, military personnel and frontex.
What nationality was Ilkka Laitinen?
Ilkka Laitinen was Finnish.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ilkka Laitinen. https://biography.guide/ilkka-laitinen/
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