Ambassador
JAAK JÕERÜÜT
 BORN
December 9, 1947, Tallinn
NATIONALITY
Estonian
MARRIED
to Viivi Luik
EDUCATION
1973 – graduated from the Tallinn Technical Institute; Faculty of Economics
CAREER
| 04.2011 |
Ambassador of Estonia to Sweden |
| 08.2010 – 03. 2011 |
Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 10. 2006 – 07.2010 |
Ambassador of Estonia to Latvia |
| 11.2005 – 10.2006 |
Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 11.2004 – 10.2005 |
Minister of Defence |
| 07.2004.- 11.2004 |
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations, New York |
| 10.2002 – 05.2003 |
Special adviser to the Government of Estonia, co-author of the report “Estonia and Finland in the European Union” |
| 08. 2002 – 06.2004 |
Inspector General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 09.1998 – 07. 2002 |
Ambassador of Estonia to Cyprus
1999-2002 Ambassador of Estonia to Malta
1998-2002 Ambassador of Estonia to Italy |
| 04.1997 – 08.1998 |
Director General of the Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 01.1993 – 03. 1997 |
Ambassador of Estonia to Finland |
| 1990 – 1992 |
Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Standing Committee of Research, Education and Culture, Supreme Council of Estonia |
| 1989 – 1990 |
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Culture |
| 1977 – 1989 |
Secretary and Deputy Chairman, Estonian Writers’ Union |
| 1970 – 1977 |
Editor, Publishing House “Eesti Raamat” |
| 1972-1976 |
Held office in the editorial boards of the newspapers “Õhtuleht”and “Rahva Hääl”; Assistant, Tallinn Technical Institute; Engineer, Institute of Economics, Estonian Academy of Sciences |
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Member of the Estonian Writers’ Union. Author of 17 books in poetry and prose and of numerous articles and essays in newspapers and magazines.
http://www.estlit.ee/?id=15443&author=15443&c_tpl=1066&tpl=1063
LANGUAGES
Estonian, Finnish, English, Russian, Italian (limited)
 
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