Eerik-Niiles Kross

Võru County, Valga County and Põlva County Electoral District

8 September 1967, Tallinn
Married, one child

Education: Tallinn School No. 21 in 1985; University of Hamburg 1989–1990;University of Tartu, history (cum laude) 1991; University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, MA in history 1994; University of Tartu, Institute of Law 2000–2003

Career: Estonian Information Bureau in London, Director 1990‒1991; Estonian Embassy in London, Chargé d’Affaires 1991–1992; Estonian Mission to the UN, Minister-Counsellor 1992; Estonian Embassy in the USA: Chargé d’Affaires 1992‒1993, Minister-Counsellor 1993‒1995; Government Office, Office of the National Security Coordinator, Security Authorities Coordination Director 1995‒2000; Security Adviser to President of the Republic 2001; OÜ Trustcorp, Member of Board, 2000 –2015; Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, Senior Director for Intelligence Institutions Development 2003‒2004; Adviser of the Georgian National Security Council 2007‒2012

Party affiliation: Pro Patria and Res Publica Union 2011‒2014; Estonian Reform Party 2014–

Membership in representative bodies: 13^th Riigikogu 2015–2018, 14^th Riigikogu (Deputy Chair of Study Committee on the Development of Estonian Language Instruction 2019–2021), 15^th Riigikogu (Deputy Chair of Anti-Corruption Select Committee); Tallinn City Council 2013–2015, 2017‒2018, 2019

Awards: Order of the White Star, 3^rd Class 2008; The Presidential Order of Excellence of Georgia 2013. Iraq Reconstruction Service Medal (Great Britain) 2007

Other activities: Estonian Heritage Society and Estonian Reserve Officers’ Association, founding member, reserve officer (Captain); War Graves Commission of Ministry of Defence 2007‒; Estonian Defence League and Estonian Students’ Society; Estonian Former Forest Brothers Association, honorary member;
has advised governments of countries carrying out democratic reforms, including Georgia and Ukraine; participated in Iraqi Freedom mission 2003–2004;
Harvard Law School, scholarship 2018;
books “Vabaduse väravad: valik tekste 1988‒2006” (“Gates of Freedom: Selected Texts 1988–2006”) 2007 and “Kross. Üksikud head mehed” (“Kross. A Few Good Men”, co-author) 2011; has compiled the list “Pro Patria. II. Auraamat langenud ja hukkunud metsavendadele 1944‒1978 (lühinimestik). Tööversioon” (“Pro Patria II. Book of Honour for Killed and Fallen Forest Brothers 1944–1978: (A Short List): Working Version”) 1998 and memoirs of writer Jaan Kross “Kallid krantsid. Kirjad vangilaagritest ja asumiselt Siberis 1946–1954” (“Dear Mutts: Letters from Prison Camps and Exile in Siberia 1946–1954”) 2021; numerous articles in the Estonian and international press

Hobbies: archaeology, heritage conservation, military history, history, Forest Brothers movement, freedom movements of small nations 

10.04.2023