What is Ilkka Laitinen?
[[File:Ilkka Laitinen (2008).jpg|right|200px]] '''Ilkka Pertti Juhani Laitinen''' (22 August 1962 – 29 September 2019) was a Finnish military officer and poilitician. He was 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 2004 until 2014. He was born in [[Nurmes]], [[Finland]]. Laitinen retired from the Finnish Border Guard due to ill health on 31 August 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajavartiolaitoksen päällikkö Ilkka Laitinen jäi työkyvyttömyyseläkkeelle – syynä vakava sairaus |url=https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000006226246.html |publisher=Ilta-Sanomat |access-date=2019-09-30 |language=fi |date=2019-09-03}}</ref> He died on 29 September 2019, aged 57, due to illness.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karjalainen |first1=Antti |title=Rajavartiolaitosta johtanut Ilkka Laitinen on kuollut |url=https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000006256196.html |publisher=Ilta-Sanomat |access-date=2019-09-30 |language=fi |date=2019-09-30}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Laitinen, Ilkka}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Finnish politicians]] [[Category:European Union politicians]] [[Category:Finnish military people]] {{bio-stub}}