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Kersti Kaljulaid
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Person

Kersti Kaljulaid

b. 1969

Estonian politician and president of Estonia (born 1969)

Born
30 Dec 1969 · Tartu
Part ofEstonia1198 – todaySoviet Union1848 – 1991

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 66 years
  1. 30 Dec 1969BornBorn in Tartu
  2. 2009AwardEuropean of the year
  3. 2014AwardConcord Award
  4. 2016AwardCollar of the Order of the National Coat of Arms
  5. 2016 – 2021RolePresident of Estonia
  6. 2017AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  7. 2018AwardKnight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
  8. 2018AwardKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  9. 2019AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Three Stars
  10. 2019AwardGrand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry
  11. 2019AwardDecoration for Exceptional Merits
  12. 2021AwardCollar of the Order of the Star of Romania
  13. 2021AwardOrder of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class
  14. 2021AwardGrand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1969 – today).

  1. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  2. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  3. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  4. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  6. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  7. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  8. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  9. 1985Schengen Agreement
  10. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  11. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  12. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  14. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  16. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  17. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  18. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  19. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  20. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  21. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  22. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  23. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  24. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  25. 20112011 Norway attacks
  26. 2011Libyan civil war
  27. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  28. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  29. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  30. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  31. 2015Paris Agreement
  32. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  33. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  34. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  35. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  36. 2023Gaza war
  37. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  38. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Kersti Kaljulaid (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈkersʲːtʲi ˈkɑlʲːjuˈlɑi̯ːːt]; born 30 December 1969) is an Estonian politician who served as the fifth president of Estonia between 2016 and 2021. Kaljulaid is Estonia's first female head of state since the country declared independence in 1918. She was also the youngest president, aged 46 at the time of her election.

Kaljulaid, a state official who at the time served as Estonia's representative in the European Court of Auditors, entered the 2016 Estonian presidential election race in the sixth round after five previous unsuccessful rounds. She was nominated on 30 September 2016 by the majority of parliamentary parties as a joint candidate for president, and the only official candidate for the sixth round. Kaljulaid was voted president on 3 October 2016, with 81 votes and 17 abstentions.

In 2024, she was elected the next Estonian Olympic Committee president for a four-year term, but was voted out through a vote of no confidence in April 2026.

Text from the Wikipedia article Kersti Kaljulaid, CC BY-SA 4.0

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