Marko Mihkelson

Marko Mihkelson

Harju County and Rapla County Electoral District

30 November 1969, Valga
Married, one child

Education: Valga Gymnasium (former Valga Secondary School No. 1) 1988; University of Tartu, history 1993, MA in history 1999

Career: newspaper Postimees: world news editor 1993–1994, Moscow correspondent 1994–1997, Editor-in-Chief 1997–2000; Baltic Centre for Russian Studies, Director 2000–2003

Party affiliation: Res Publica / Pro Patria and Res Publica Union 2001–2017; Estonian Reform Party 2018–, Member of Board

Membership in representative bodies: 10^th Riigikogu (Chair 2003–2005, Deputy Chair 2005–2007 of Foreign Affairs Committee), 11^th Riigikogu (Chair of European Union Affairs Committee), 12^th Riigikogu (Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee), 13^th Riigikogu (Chair of National Defence Committee 2015–2016, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee 2016–2019); 14^th Riigikogu (Deputy Chair 2019–2021, Chair 2021–2022 of Foreign Affairs Committee); 15^th Riigikogu (Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee); Valga City Council 2002–2003; elected to Viimsi Rural Municipality Council 2005–2013

Awards: Order of the White Star, 4^th Class 2006; Commander of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique of the Republic of Portugal 2003; Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy 2004; Grand Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas 2004; Knight of the National Order of Merit of France 2005, Officer 2017; Officer of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 2009; Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star, 2^nd Class 2011; Order of Merit of the Republic of Malta 2012; Order of the Three Stars of Latvia, 3^rd Class 2012; Commander, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland 2014; Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau of the Netherlands 2018; Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary 2018, Order of Merit of Ukraine, 2^nd Class 2022;
Golden Badge of the Ministry of Defence 2004, Cross of Merit of the Ministry of Defence, 2^nd Class 2016

Other activities: Estonian Council on Foreign Relations, Chair of Board; International Centre for Defence and Security, Supervisory Board; Tallinn Rotary Club; Estonian Reserve Officersʼ Association, reserve officer (Second Lieutenant); Estonian Defence League, Harju District, supporting member;
books “Venemaa: valguses ja varjus” (“Russia: In Light and Shadows“, 2010), “Murdeajastu” (“Era of Dramatic Changes”, 2019), and articles on foreign policy in the Estonian and international press

Hobbies: golf, tennis

4.05.2026