Mika Aaltola was elected to become a Member of the European Parliament on the European Parliament election. Aaltola submitted a notice of resignation to the FIIA Board and his last working day at FIIA is July 15. He will be mainly on vacation until July 15.
The FIIA Board has decided that Deputy Director Mikael Mattlin will continue as Acting Director of FIIA until a new Director is elected.
Mika Aaltola was the director of FIIA for four and half years. FIIA’s personnel and the FIIA Board thank Aaltola for his valuable work as FIIA’s Director.
On behalf of the entire Board of the Institute, I would like to thank Mika Aaltola for his long-lasting and distinguished work at UPI, the last four and a half years as Director of the Institute. During Mika’s term, FIIA has become an even more prominent European research institute and think tank, which also plays an important role in the domestic debate on international issues,” says Klaus Korhonen, Chair of the Board.
More information:
Klaus Korhonen
The chair of the board
+358 50 308 6846
klaus.korhonen@gov.fi