Working for fair and good administration
The Ombudsman exercises oversight to ensure that public authorities and officials observe the law and fulfil their duties. The scope of oversight includes also other parties performing public functions.
The aim is to ensure good administration and the observance of constitutional and human rights.
The present Parliamentary Ombudsman is Mr. Petri JÄÄSKELÄINEN. The Deputy-Ombudsman are Mr. Jussi PAJUOJA and Ms. Riitta-Leena Paunio (until 31 March 2010).
News
1.12.2009
Petri Jääskeläinen appointed new Parliamentary Ombudsman
Meeting in plenary session 1.12.2009, the Eduskunta elected Doctor of Laws Petri Jääskeläinen as the new Parliamentary Ombudsman. His term began on 1.1.2010 and it will end on 31.12.2013.
Dr. Jääskeläinen held the post of Deputy-Ombudsman from 2002. Before that he served in the Office of the Prosecutor General as a state prosecutor and as head of the development unit there. He had earlier worked as a researcher at the University of Helsinki and as a referendary counsellor at the Office of the Chancellor of Justice.
