Olli Ilmari Mäenpää (born 2 November 1950 in

Perniö Perniö (; sv, Bjärnå) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 6 ...

, Finland) has been Professor of Administrative Law at the

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...

since 1992 and previously held the same position at the

University of Turku sv, Åbo universitet , latin_name = Universitas Aboensis , image_name = University of Turku.svg , motto = ''Vapaan kansan lahja vapaalle tieteelle'' , established = 1920 , type ...

(1982–1992).''Local Government in the Member States of the European Union: A Comparative Legal Perspective'' p. 10
(Google book) Ed. Ángel Manuel Moreno. He was a judge at the

Supreme Administrative Court of Finland The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (, ) is the highest court in the Finnish administrative court system, parallel to the Supreme Court of Finland. Its jurisdiction covers the legality of the decisions of government officials, and its ...

in 1994 and 2006 and from 1999 to 2003 was chair of the

Council for Mass Media in Finland The Council for Mass Media in Finland ( fi, Julkisen sanan neuvosto, abbr. ''JSN''; sv, Opinionsnämnden för massmedier) is a self-regulatory organ of the Finnish mass media. It controls journalists related to publishers who have adopted ''the goo ...

. He graduated from Helsinki University with a Master of Laws degree in 1974.Osakunnalle uusi inspehtori (Student nation a new inspector)

Published works

*"Openness and Access to Information in Finland"
''The World’s First Freedom of Information Act''
Editor: Juha Mustonen. Publisher: Anders Chydenius Foundation *"Local Government in Finland", ''Local Government in the Member States of the European Union: A Comparative Legal Perspective'', Chapter 8. INAP 2012

References

Academic staff of the University of Helsinki Finnish legal scholars 1950 births Living people Academic staff of the University of Turku {{Finland-academic-bio-stub