Ambassador

Toomas Lukk
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the Kingdom of Sweden

Curriculum Vitae
Name:    TOOMAS LUKK
Born:   17 June 1962 (Tapa, ESTONIA)

Education:    

1980    Graduated from secondary school in Tallinn

1985    Graduated from Tartu University, Faculty of Biology and Geography, Institute of Geography

1991    Central European University, environmental sciences and policies

1992 – 1993 Leiden University, the Netherlands (marine research, climate change)

Since 1993 Other education: participation in seminars, conferences, training on international affairs, preventive diplomacy, confidence and security building measures, etc.

Work experience:     

1985 – 1993   Estonian Academy of Science

1993 – 1996   MFA of Estonia, Political Department, International Organizations

1996 – 1999   Permanent Mission of Estonia to the United Nation, New York

1999 – 2002   MFA, Division of security policy and arms control

2002 – 2006   Ambassador of Estonia to the Republic of Latvia

2006 – 2008   MFA, Director of Eastern Europe (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), Caucasus and Central Asia

2008 – 2012   Ambassador of Estonia to Georgia and Armenia (Resident in Tbilisi)

2012 – 2016   Ambassador of Estonia to the People´s Republic of China (residing in Beijing)

2012 – 2016   Ambassador of Estonia to Mongolia and to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (residing in Beijing)

2016 – 2018   MFA, Director of Asia-Pacific, Australia, Africa, Latin America, Middle-East

2018 – 2022   Ambassador of Estonia to Canada

2022               Ambassador of Estonia to Sweden

 

Marital status:  married, two sons

Decorations:     Order of the Three Stars, Third Class (Latvia)

                            Order of the White Star, Fourth Class (Estonia)