General information
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Phone:
+372 631 6655
Seniority in days:
1258
Date of birth:
20.08.1959
Place of birth:
Põlva
Family:
Married, five children
Education:
Valga Gymnasium (former Valga Secondary School No. 1) 1977;
University of Tartu, law (equivalent to Master’s degree, cum laude) 1986
University of Tartu, law (equivalent to Master’s degree, cum laude) 1986
Career:
Estonian Bar Association, Tartu Office, lawyer 1986–1991;
Government Office, Adviser 1991–1992;
Estonian Information Board / Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, Director General 1992–1999;
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg 1999–2003, Ambassador to Poland 2005–2009, to Bulgaria 2005–2009 and 2015–2019, to Romania 2005–2009 and 2015–2019, to Moldova 2015–2019
Government Office, Adviser 1991–1992;
Estonian Information Board / Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, Director General 1992–1999;
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg 1999–2003, Ambassador to Poland 2005–2009, to Bulgaria 2005–2009 and 2015–2019, to Romania 2005–2009 and 2015–2019, to Moldova 2015–2019
Party affiliation:
Estonian Reform Party 2009–2012;
Estonian Conservative People’s Party 2021–2024;
Estonian Nationalists and Conservatives 2024;
Isamaa 2025
Estonian Conservative People’s Party 2021–2024;
Estonian Nationalists and Conservatives 2024;
Isamaa 2025
Membership in representative bodies:
15th Riigikogu (Deputy Chair of Constitutional Committee 2024–);
Otepää Rural Municipality Council 2021–2025
Otepää Rural Municipality Council 2021–2025
Awards:
Commander of the National Order of Merit of France 2001;
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy 2004;
Grand Cross of Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania 2005;
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 2009
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy 2004;
Grand Cross of Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania 2005;
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 2009