The Prosecutor General of Finland ( fi, Valtakunnansyyttäjä, sv, Riksåklagare) is the supreme prosecutor and head of the

National Prosecution authority National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

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The current Prosecutor General of

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...

is Raija Toiviainen. The Prosecutor General directs and develops prosecutorial activity by issuing general instructions and guidelines to prosecutors, appoints local prosecutors, and may take over a case from a subordinate prosecutor. The Prosecutor General acts as the prosecutor in the High Court of Impeachment, if the

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decides that charges are to be brought against the

President of Finland The president of the Republic of Finland ( fi, Suomen tasavallan presidentti; sv, Republiken Finlands president) is the head of state of Finland. Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the Finnish Government and the p ...

or against a member of the

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. Some of the duties of the Prosecutor General are assigned to the Deputy Prosecutor General, the office of which is held by

Jorma Kalske Jorma can refer to: *Jorma (name), Finnish given name *Jorma (album), released by Kaukonen in 1979 *Jorma (wine), a Finnish wine *nowadays in Finnish language ''jorma'' is a very well-known slang word that means penis A penis (plural ''p ...

. For routine prosecutorial tasks, the office has thirteen State Prosecutors, whose jurisdiction covers the entire country. The first Prosecutor General of Finland was

Matti Kuusimäki Matti Kuusimäki (born May 3, 1943 in Turku, Finland) is the former Prosecutor General of Finland The Prosecutor General of Finland ( fi, Valtakunnansyyttäjä, sv, Riksåklagare) is the supreme prosecutor and head of the National Prosecution ...

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