Sakari Simelius

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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