Kristiina Ojuland

Kristiina Ojuland
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office January 2002 – February 2005
Prime Minister	Siim Kallas Juhan Parts
Preceded by	Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Succeeded by	Jaak Jõerüüt
Personal details
Born	17 December 1966 Kohtla-Järve, Estonia
Political party	Reform Party, People's Unity Party

Kristiina Ojuland (born 17 December 1966 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia) is an Estonian politician. She was the Foreign Minister of Estonia from 2002 through 2005. In June 2004 she ran for the post of secretary-general of the Council of Europe, but was defeated, receiving 51 of 299 votes. She was a member of the Estonian Reform Party from 1995 till 5 June 2013 and from 2009 to 2014 she served as 1 of the 6 Estonian MEPs in the European parliament. She was expelled from the Reform Party because of alleged vote rigging on 5 June 2013.^[1][2] She later founded the People's Unity Party, which failed to cross the 5% barrier in the 2015 parliamentary election.

She is a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group.^[3]

Education

In 1990 she received her LL.B. from University of Tartu. In 1992 she graduated from the Estonian School of Diplomacy in Tallinn and attended the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva special program. In 1993 she attended the Vienna School of International Studies, special program.

Career

2009–2014: Member of European Parliament (ALDE)

2007–2014: Vice President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR), member of the ELDR Bureau

2007–2014: Vice-chair of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, ALDE-PACE Group

2007–2009: First vice-speaker of Riigikogu

2004–2007: Chair of the European Affairs Committee of Riigikogu

2002–2005: Minister of Foreign Affairs

1994–2002: Member of Riigikogu (parliament), member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, chair of the Estonian French parliamentary friendship group (1996 2002)

1996–2002: Head of the Estonian Parliamentary Delegation to PACE; Vice President of the PACE, Member of the Bureau

1999–2002: Leader of the PACE LDR Group

1999–2002: Vice President of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR), member of the ELDR Bureau

1995–2002: Foreign Secretary of the Estonian Reform Party

1994–1996: Director of the Estonian Broadcasting Association

1993–1994: Permanent Representative of Estonia to the Council of Europe

1992–1993: Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for Council of Europe

1990–1992: Estonian Ministry of Justice, Draft Legislation Department ^[4]

Kristiina Ojuland in 2004.

Decorations

• Commander of the Legion of Honour (France)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Infante D. Henrique (Portugal)
• The Order of the National Coat of Arms 5th class (Estonia)
• Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria (2007) ^[5]
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Georgia (2 February 2014)^[6]

Other

In 2007, Ojuland participated as a celebrity contestant on the second season of Tantsud tähtedega, an Estonian version of Dancing with the Stars. Her professional dancing partner was Aleksandr Makarov.

Personal life

From 1987 to 2000, Ojuland was married to Erik Siigur.^[7] Her current partner of seven years is Estonian businessman Raimo Kägu.^[8]

References

• BBC report on sacking

1. Estonian MEP Kristiina Ojuland Ejected From Reform Party Over Alleged Vote Rigging, ERR News
2. http://www.postimees.ee/1259576/juhatus-heitis-kristiina-ojulandi-erakonnast-valja/
3. "About Us – Reconciliation of European Histories Group". Reconciliation of European Histories Group. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
4. CV_Ojuland
5. "Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour" (pdf) (in German). p. 1825. Retrieved November 2012.
6. Royal House of Georgia
7. "Kristiina Ojuland lahutas abielu"
8. Raimo Kägu: "Mul on sama tunne kui see, et naabrimees sada korda õhtu jooksul su naisega tantsib."