MembersText version
The Council consists of a chairperson and deputy chairperson, and 15 members and their substitutes, who are nominated for three-year terms. The present term expires on September 28th, 2014.

Chair
Marita Ruohonen, Executive Director, The Finnish Association for Mental Health

Deputy Chair
Mikko Paatero, National Police Commissioner, National Police Board

Members of the Council
(personal substitutes in parenthesis)

Arto Kujala, Ministry of Justice, Department of Criminal Policy
(Tuula Asikainen, Criminal Sanctions Agency) 

Robin Lardot, Deputy national police commissioner, National Police Board
(Antti Leppilahti, Detective Chief Inspector, Helsinki Police Department, Department of violent crimes)

Tarja Mankkinen, Director of the Internal Security Secretariat, Ministry of the Interior
(Keijo Suuripää, Inspector General of the Police, Ministry of the Interior)

Kari Paaso, Director, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
(Tapani Aaltela, Senior Legal Adviser, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health)

Immo Parviainen, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Education
(Georg Henrik Wrede, Director, Ministry of Education)

Mari Aalto, Social Rehabilitation, Manager, City of Helsinki
(Janne Typpi, City of Helsinki)

Riitta Kimari, Legal Councellor, Ministry of the Environment
(Timo Saarinen, Senior Architect, Ministry of the Environment)

Martti Lehti, Researcher, National Research Institute of Legal Policy
(Janne Kivivuori, Research Director, National Research Institute of Legal Policy)

Kaisa Saario, Advisor, The Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland
(Leena Linnainmaa, Deputy Director General, The Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland) 

Risto Karhunen, Director, Federation of Finnish Financial Services
(Veikko T. Valkonen, Public Relations Manager, Finnish Motor Insurers´ Centre)

Marja Pajukoski, Senior specialist, National Institute for Health and Welfare
(Helena Ewalds, Development Manager, National Institute for Health and Welfare)  

Sami Puumala, Secretary for Criminal Work, Church Council
(Sami Ojala, Secretary for Criminal Work, Church Council)

Reijo Lähde, Vice President, Finnsecurity ry
(Jouko Laitinen, Executive Director, Finnsecurity ry)

Matti Räisänen, Representative, Federation of Finnish Commerce
(Petri Käyhkö, Security Manager, Federation of Finnish Commerce)

Maija Nyyssönen, Justice, Court of Appeal, Helsinki Court of Appeal
(Eija Velitski, State Prosecutor, Office of the Prosecutor General)

Gun Andersson, Program director, Folkhälsan
(Petra Kjällman, Executive Director, Victim Support Finland)