Admiral Pauli Juhani Kaskeala (born 26 July 1946, Kuopio) is a senior Finnish admiral and was Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces from 2001 to August 1, 2009. In 1982, Kaskeala was appointed as Third Aide-de-Camp to the President of the Republic, Mauno Koivisto, eventually serving as First Aide-de-Camp from 1987. He served as Director General for Defence Policy at Finland's Ministry of Defence from 1998 to 2001, and was then the Finnish Military Representative to the EU and NATO in Brussels, before being appointed Chief of Defence on June 4, 2001.