Petteri Taalas

Petteri Taalas
Petteri Taalas
Born	3 July 1961
Alma mater	University of Helsinki; TERI School of Advanced Studies ;
Occupation	Meteorologist; administrator ;
Employer	Finnish Meteorological Institute (2002–2005); Finnish Meteorological Institute (2007–2015); World Meteorological Organization (2016–) ;
Awards	Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland (2010); Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland (2021); Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2018); Cross of Merit of the Frontier Guards (2014); Medal for Military Merits (2008); Medal of Merit, First Class, of the Civil Defence (2004) ;
Position held	secretary (2016–2023)

Jukka Petteri Taalas (born 3 July 1961 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish meteorologist and former Secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization. Appointed in 2015 by the World Meteorological Congress, the supreme body of the Organization, he took up the four-year Secretary-General term on 1 January 2016, and was re-elected to a second four-year term on 13 June 2019. He was director general of the Finnish Meteorological Institute from 2002 to 2005 and 2007 to 2015.