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Encyclopedia > Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the senior minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi Välsmisteerium) in the Estonian Government. The Minister is one of the most important members of the Estonian government, with responsibility for the relations between Estonia and foreign states. A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ...


The Foreign Minister is chosen by the Prime Minister as a part of the government. The current Foreign Minister is Urmas Paet, who took the position with the instalation of a new government on on 12 April 2005. A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister that helps to form foreign policy for sovereign nations. ... Currently, Juhan Parts is Prime Minister of Estonia. ... Urmas Paet (born April 20, 1974) is an Estonian politician and currently the Foreign Minister of Estonia. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Contents
1 Overview
2 Foreign Minister

2.1 1919 to 1940
2.2 1990 to Present
2.3 See also

3 Contact Information
4 External Link

Overview

Besides the Foreign Minister their are several Undersecretaries that assist in running the various divisions of the Foreign Ministry:

  • Secretary General - Priit Kolbre: Oversees the Undersecretary divisions as well as Diplomatic Security, Protocol, and Internal Audit Departments, and is the second highest position in the Foreign Ministry
  • Undersecretary of the Ministry, Political Affairs - Sven Jürgenson: Oversees and develops policy for areas outside of the European Union, and runs the Press and Information division of the Foreign Ministry
  • Undersecretary of the Ministry, Foreign Economic Policy Affairs - Mart Laanemäe: Oversees and develops economic policy concerning foreign states for the Foreign Ministry.
  • Undersecretary of the Ministry, European Union Affairs - Riina Ruth Kionka: Oversees and develops policy concerning relations with states within the EU and relations with the EU.
  • Undersecretary of the Ministry, Legal and Consular Affairs - Marina Kaljurand: Oversees the Legal and Consular divisions.
  • Undersecretary of the Ministry, Administrative Affairs - Mati Vaarmann: Oversee the daily administrative and personnel tasks of the Foreign Ministry

Foreign Minister

1919 to 1940

Name Took Office Left Office Party
1 Jaan Poska 1919 1919
2 Ants Piip 1919 1919
3 Ado Birk 1919 1920
4 Kaarel Robert Pusta 1920 1920
5 Otto Strandmann 1920 1921
Ants Piip (2nd time) 1921 1922
6 Aleksander Hellat 1922 1923
7 Friedrich Akel 1923 1924
Otto Strandmann (2nd time) 1924 1924
Kaarel Robert Pusta (2nd time) 1924 1925
Ants Piip (3rd time) 1925 1926
Friedrich Akel (2nd time) 1926 1927
Aleksander Hellat (2nd time) 1927 1927
8 Hans Rebane 1927 1928
9 Jaan Lattik 1928 1931
10 Jaan Tõnisson 1931 1932
11 Mihkel Pung 1932 1932
12 August Rei 1932 1933
Ants Piip (4th time) 1933 1933
13 Julius Seljamaa 1933 1936
Friedrch Akel (3rd time) 1936 1938
14 Karl Selter 1938 1939
Ants Piip (5th time) 1939 1940

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1990 to Present

Name Took Office Left Office Party
15 Lennart Meri April 1990 March 1992 Popular Front of Estonia
16 Jaan Manitski April 1992 October 1992 (none)
17 Trivimi Velliste October 1992 January 1994 Pro Patria Union
18 Jüri Luik January 1994 April 1995 Pro Patria Union
19 Riivo Sinijärv April 1995 November 1995 Estonian Coalition Party
20 Siim Kallas November 1995 November 1996 Estonian Reform Party
21 Toomas Hendrik Ilves November 1996 October 1998 Social Democratic Party
22 Raul Mälk October 1998 March 1999 (none)
Toomas Hendrik Ilves (2nd time) March 1999 January 2002 Social Democratic Party
23 Kristiina Ojuland January 2002 February 2005 Estonian Reform Party
Jaak Jõerüüt (acting) February 2005 March 2005 (none)
24 Rein Lang March 2005 April 2005 Estonian Reform Party
25 Urmas Paet April 2005 Estonian Reform Party

Lennart Georg Meri (born March 29, 1929), is a writer who served as president of Estonia from 1992 to 2001. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Trivimi Velliste (4 May 1947 in Tartu, Estonia) is an Estonian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1994 and as the Estonian Ambassador to the United Nations from 1994 to 1998. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Stub | 1948 births | European Commissioners ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Estonian political parties | Liberal parties ... Toomas Hendrik Ilves (born December 26, 1953) is an Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat. ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Social Democratic Party (Estonian: Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond), or SDE, is a social democratic party of Estonia, led by Ivari Padar. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Social Democratic Party (Estonian: Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond), or SDE, is a social democratic party of Estonia, led by Ivari Padar. ... Kristiina Ojuland (born 1966) is the foreign minister of Estonia since 2002. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Estonian political parties | Liberal parties ... Jaak Jõeruut (born December 9, 1947) is the defense minister of Estonia. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rein Lang (July 4, 1957) is an Estonian politician, member of the Estonian Reform Party, and diplomat. ... For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Estonian political parties | Liberal parties ... Urmas Paet (born April 20, 1974) is an Estonian politician and currently the Foreign Minister of Estonia. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Estonian political parties | Liberal parties ...

See also

Estonia is a party to 181 international organizations, including the BIS, CBSS, CCC, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, EU (member since May 1 2004), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, International Maritime Organization, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO (correspondent), ITU, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO...

Contact Information

Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Islandi väljak 1, 15049 Tallinn
e-mail: vminfo@vm.ee
tel:(+372) 6 317 000
FAX:(+372) 6 317 099


External Link

Ministry of Foreign Affairs website (http://www.vm.ee/eng)


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