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Toomas Hendrik Ilves
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Person

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

b. 1953

Estonian politician and diplomat, fourth president of Estonia (born 1953)

Born
26 Dec 1953 · Stockholm
Part ofSweden800 CE – todayEstonia1198 – todayLutheranism1471 – today

Life timeline

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

Showing 84 years
  1. 26 Dec 1953BornBorn in Stockholm
  2. 1993 – 1996RoleAmbassador of Estonia to the United States
  3. 1996 – 1998RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs
  4. 1999 – 2002RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs
  5. 1999 – 2007RoleMember of the Riigikogu
  6. 2004 – 2006RoleMember of the European Parliament
  7. 2006 – 2016RolePresident of Estonia
  8. 2006AwardHonorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  9. 2007AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  10. 2007AwardCollar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic‎
  11. 2013AwardGrand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  12. 2014AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎
  13. 2015AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross‎

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1953 – today).

  1. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  2. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  4. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  5. 1956Suez Crisis
  6. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  8. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  10. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  12. 1968Prague Spring
  13. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  14. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  15. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  16. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  18. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  19. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  20. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  21. 1985Schengen Agreement
  22. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  23. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  24. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  26. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  28. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  29. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  30. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  31. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  32. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  33. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  34. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  35. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  36. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  37. 20112011 Norway attacks
  38. 2011Libyan civil war
  39. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  40. 20122012 Summer Olympics

Biography

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.

On 1 May 2025, Ilves announced that he had "broken with my promise to avoid all party politics" and joined Volt Europa.

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