Curriculum vitae
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Updated: 04/11/2019
Education (qualifications and diplomas)
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA, international law and diplomacy, MA (Fulbright scholarship)
University of Tartu (Master’s in law cum laude)
Tallinn 7th Secondary School
Professional career
04/2019-06/2019 : Member of the Estonian Parliament (14th term)
2019-... : Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, member
2018-... : UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, member
2017-2019 : Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, Chair
2016-2017 : Adviser on cyber-security to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2016-2017 : Representative of Estonia on the United Nations Working Group of Cyber Experts
2014-2015 : Representative of Estonia on the United Nations Working Group of Cyber Experts
2015-2016 : Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia
2014-2015 : Under-Secretary of State for legal and consular affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2011-2014 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador in the USA
2011-2014 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Mexico (residing in Washington DC)
2011-2014 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Canada (residing in Washington DC)
2008 : Rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
2008-2011 : Under-Secretary for Foreign Economic Affairs and Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2007-2011 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in the Republic of Kazakhstan (residing in Tallinn)
2005-2008 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador in the Russian Federation
2004-2006 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in the State of Israel (residing in Tallinn)
2001-2005 : Under-Secretary of State for legal and consular affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1999-2001 : Director, Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1996-1999 : Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Helsinki, adviser, Head of Consular Department
1992-1996 : Director, International Treaties Office, Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1991-1992 : Interpreter and analyst with the rank of Third Secretary, Press and Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1986-1991 : Tallinn Economics College, teacher of legal subjects
1992-1994 : Troop withdrawal negotiations between the Republic of Estonia and the Russian Federation, legal expert
1995-2005 : Member of the delegation at border negotiations between the Republic of Estonia and the Russian Federation
2002-2004 : Head of the Legal Working Group preparing the Treaty of Accession to the European Union
2008-2011 : Chief negotiator for Estonia’s accession negotiations with the OECD
Political career
Offices held in a political party or national trade union
06/2019-... : Estonian Social Democratic Party (SDE), Member of the Bureau
Offices held in a national parliament
04/2019-06/2019 : 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
2019-... : Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, member
2018-... : UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, member
2017-2019 : Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, Chair
Other activities
2018-2019 : Lecturer on the diplomacy course, University of Tartu
2017-... : Center for Cyber, Intelligence, and Security Studies, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, USA, adviser
2017-... : Advisory Council of Global and International Studies, University of Salamanca, Spain, adviser
2017-... : Cyber Security Research Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, adviser
2017-2019 : High-Level Advisory Council to the Lillan and Robert D. Stuart Jr. Center in Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), USA, adviser
2017-... : Member of the Programme Committee, CYBERSEC (Poland), Poland
2016-... : Member of Madeleine Albright’s Aspen Ministers Forum, USA
2016-... : Patron of Sunshine camp
2015-... : Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, European Council, member, USA
2010-... : Member of the Board of Trustees of Tallinn University
2000-... : Founder member, WIIS-EST (Estonian branch of Women in International Security)
1995-... : Lecturer in international law and diplomacy, Estonian Diplomatic School
1995-... : Founder member, Estonian branch of the International Law Association
Honours
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (2016)
Woman of the Year (2015) of the Estonian Businesswomen’s Association (EENA)
Order of the National Coat of Arms, Third Class (2008)
Woman of the Year, Estonian Women’s Cooperation Chain (2007)
Postimees newspaper’s personality of the year (2007)
Member of the Order of the White Star, Third Class (2004)