Ville Itälä
Ville Itälä | |
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Ville Itälä in 2018 | |
| Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Giovanni Kessler |
| Member of the European Court of Auditors for Finland | |
| In office 1 March 2012 – 28 February 2018 | |
| President | Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira Klaus-Heiner Lehne |
| Preceded by | Olavi Ala-Nissilä |
| Succeeded by | Hannu Takkula |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1959 Luumäki, Finland |
| Political party | National Coalition Party |
Ville Heimo Antero Itälä (born 10 May 1959) is a Finnish politician seving as Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) since 2018. 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. 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 from 2012 until February 2018.