Pekka Toveri

Finnish politician and major general

Pekka Toveri
Toveri in 2018 (then Brigadier General)

Member of the Finnish Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 April 2023
Parliamentary group	National Coalition Party
Constituency	Uusimaa


Military career
Born	(1961-04-06) 6 April 1961 (age 63) Kankaanpää, Finland
Allegiance	Finland
Service/branch	Finnish Army
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Armoured Brigade (2011–2013) Western Finland military district (2014) Guard Jaeger Regiment (2015–2016) Intelligence Division of the Defence Command (2019–2020)

Pekka Toveri (born 6 April 1961)^[1] is a Finnish politician and retired general.

Toveri served in the Finnish Army for over 35 years,^[2] among other posts as the commander of the Armoured Brigade (2011–2013), the Western Finland military district (2014), and the Guard Jaeger Regiment (2015–2016); as military attaché at the Finnish Embassy in Washington, DC (2016–2019); and finally as the director of the Intelligence Division of the Defence Command (2019–2020), from which post he retired from active service at the rank of major general.^[1]^[3]

Toveri was commissioned as sub-lieutenant in 1982. He reached the rank of captain in 1990, major in 1995, colonel in 2007, brigadier general in 2013, and finally major general in 2019.^[1]

After leaving the military, he worked as a researcher affiliated to the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.^[2]^[4]

Toveri was elected to the Parliament in the 2023 election, representing the Uusimaa electoral district for the National Coalition Party.^[3]^[5]

Toveri is married to retired lieutenant colonel Siobhán Toveri of the US Air Force Reserve Command, who is attached to the US Embassy in Helsinki.^[1]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Kenraalimajuri Pekka Toveri". Puolustusvoimat.fi (in Finnish). The Finnish Defence Forces. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Toveri, Pekka". UudenmaanKokoomus.fi (in Finnish).
^ ^a ^b "Pekka Toveri". Eduskunta.fi (in Finnish). Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Pekka Toveri Ulkopoliittisen instituutin tutkijaksi". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 1 November 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Electoral district of Uusimaa, elected representatives". Vaalit.fi. Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Kenraali, jolla on karismaa". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2023.