Ville Itälä

Ville Heimo Antero Itälä (born 10 May 1959 in Luumäki) is the Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and a former a Finnish politician. He was elected member of the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta) from the district of Southwest Finland in 1995. Itälä served as the Minister of the Interior under Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen from September 2000 to April 2003[1]. He was elected chairman of the National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) in 2001. Following his resignation as party leader in 2004, he was succeeded by Jyrki Katainen. Itälä was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 29 February 2012. He was a member of the European Court of Auditors[2] from 2012 until February 2018. Since August 2018 he is the Director-General of OLAF.

Ville Itälä
Director-General European Anti-Fraud Office
Assumed office
1 August 2018
Preceded byGiovanni Kessler
Personal details
Born (1959-05-10) 10 May 1959
Luumäki, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Political partyNational Coalition Party

References
  1. "Council of State - Ministers of Interior". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/CV_IT%C3%84L%C3%84/CV_IT%C3%84L%C3%84_EN.pdf

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