Kaarlo Leinonen

General Kaarlo Leinonen during his visit to Sweden in 1972.

Kaarlo Olavi Leinonen (15 March 1914 – 19 April 1975) was a Finnish general and Minister of Defence from December 1963 to September 1964.^[1] He was the Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces between 1969 and 1974.^[2] Leinonen was born in Tervola. He died in Karjalohja.^[3]

References

^ "Council of State Ministers of Defence". Valtioneuvosto. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
^ The Finnish Defence Forces: Chiefs of Defence
^ Obituary for Kaarlo Leinonen in Helsingin Sanomat on 20 April 1975, p. 17. (In Finnish. Subscription required.)

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K. F. Wilkama (1919)
K. E. Kivekäs (1919)
K. F. Wilkama (1919–1924)
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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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