Toomas Hendrik Ilves

President

Toomas Hendrik Ilves (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈtoːmɑs ˈhendrik ˈilves]; born 26 December 1953) is an Estonian politician who served as the fourth President of Estonia from 2006 until 2016. Ilves worked as a diplomat and journalist, and he was the leader of the Social Democratic Party in the 1990s. He served in the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 1998 and again from 1999 to 2002. Later, he was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2006. He was elected as President of Estonia by an electoral college on 23 September 2006 and his term as President began on 9 October 2006. He was reelected by Parliament in 2011.

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Business Positions

The Cipher Brief Developer of a digital media platform designed to provide the latest security news & relevant analysis.

• Expert / Contributor

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty A private, nonprofit, multimedia broadcasting corporation that was founded and funded by the US government

• Head of the Estonian Desk. ('84→'93)

Positions

Country of Estonia

• President ('06→'16)* [+3]

• Former Minister Foreign Affairs ('96→'02)*

• Estonian Ambassador to the United States (Jan 1 '93→'96)

• Former Ambassador of US, Canada, Mexico ('93→?)*

Hoover Institution Conservative think tank at Stanford

• Visiting Fellow ('17→?)*

Center for International Security and Cooperation Stanford research center

• Visiting Fellow ('17→?)*

The Global Futures Council on Blockchain Technology World Economic Forum

• Chair ('15→?)*

Digital Dividends World Bank Development Report

• Former Co-Chair ('14→'15)*

High-Level Panel on Global Internet Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms Internet Governance ICANN

• Former Chair ('13→?)*

European Cloud Partnership European Cloud Infrastructure

• Former Chair ('12→'14)*

EU Task Force on eHealth European Union Push For Digital Health

• Former Chairman ('11→'12)*

In the office of

Jim Yong Kim Global Infrastructure Partners; former President of World Bank Group

• Advisor To ('15→?)*

Government Positions

European Parliament

• Former Member ('04→'06)*

Schools

University of Pennsylvania Private, Ivy League university founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1740 as one of the nine colonial colleges chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence

• Master's Degree, Psychology (?→May '78)

Columbia University Oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York

• BA, Psychology (?→'76)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Tim Draper Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

• Admirer Of ('16→?)*

State of New Jersey

• Childhood Home Leonia (?→'72)*