Curriculum vitae Marina KALJURAND

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, MA in International Law and Diplomacy (Fulbright scholarship)
• Estonian School of Diplomacy, Professional Diploma in International Relations
• University of Tartu, MA in Law (distinction)

Professional career

• 2019-... : Member of the European Parliament
• 2019 : Member of the Estonian Parliament, elected in 2019; stepped down after the European elections
• 2015-2016 : Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia
• 2014-2015 : Undersecretary for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
• 2011-2014 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States
• 2011-2014 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Mexican States (non-resident)
• 2011-2013 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Canada (non-resident)
• 2008-2011 : Undersecretary for Foreign Economic Relations and Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
• 2007-2011 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Kazakhstan (non-resident)
• 2005-2008 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation
• 2004-2006 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Israel (non-resident)
• 2002-2005 : Undersecretary for Legal and Consular Affairs, Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
• 1999-2001 : Director-General of the Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
• 1996-1999 : Counsellor, Head of the Consular Section, Estonian Embassy in Helsinki
• 1991-1996 : Director of the International Treaties Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
• 1991 : Third Secretary of the Press and Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
• 1986-1991 : Lecturer, Law Department of Tallinn Economic Technical School

Political career

Offices held in a political party or national trade union

• 06/2019-... : Member of the Bureau, Estonian Social Democratic Party

Offices held in a national parliament

• 2019-2019 : Member of the Estonian Parliament (14th term)

Offices held in a national government

• 2015-2016 : Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia

Offices held in the EU institutions

• 02/07/2019-... : Member of the European Parliament

Offices held in other international organisations

• 2021-... : Member of the International Committee of the Red Cross Global Advisory Board
• 2020-... : Member of the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters
• 2018-2019 : Member of the UN Secretary General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation
• 2017-2019 : Chair of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC). Stepped down after being elected to the Estonian Parliament. Commissioner of the GCSC since 2019.
• 2014-2017 : Estonian National Expert in the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security (GGE) from 2014-2015 and from 2016-2017.

Other activities

• Veteran of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) conferences. As Foreign Minister invited the EuroDIG 2017 to Tallinn. Chaired the MEP Delegation to the IGF 2021.
• 2019-... : Member of the Steering Committee of the European Internet Forum
• 2018-... : Member of the Advisory Board of the CYBERSEC conference
• 2017-... : Member of the Aspen Ministers Forum (for former foreign ministers) chaired by US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
• Lecturer at the University of Tartu – Diplomacy
• Lecturer at the Estonian School of Diplomacy – Diplomacy, Cybersecurity, Cyber Diplomacy and Digital Affairs
• 2008-2011 : Chief Negotiator for the accession of Estonia to the OECD
• 2010-... : Member of the Board of Trustees of Tallinn University
• 2002-2004 : Member of the Governmental Delegation for the Negotiations on the Accession of Estonia to the European Union, Head of the Legal Working Group for the Accession Treaty
• 2000-... : Founding member of WIIS-EST – the Estonian branch of Women In International Security
• 1995-2005 : Member of the Governmental Delegation for the Negotiations on Land and Maritime Boundary Agreements between Estonia and the Russian Federation
• 1996-... : Founding member of the Estonian branch of the International Law Association
• 1992-1995 : Legal expert of the Governmental Delegation for the Negotiations on the Withdrawal of Troops between Estonia and the Russian Federation

Honours

• Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd Class (2008)
• Order of the White Star, 3rd Class (2004)