Ambassador
Margus Laidre was born in 1959 in Tartu, where he graduated with a degree in history from the University of Tartu in 1982. At the same university, he defended his Candidate of Historical Sciences degree in 1987 and his PhD in philosophy in 2000. From 1991–1996, Margus Laidre served as Ambassador to Sweden, from 1996–2000 as Ambassador to Germany, and from 1997–2000 as Ambassador to the Holy See. He then headed the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2000–2005. Between 2006 and 2010, Laidre was Ambassador to the United Kingdom, followed by serving as Foreign Policy Adviser to the President from 2010 to 2014. From 2014–2018, he was Ambassador to Finland, and from 2018–2023 Ambassador to Russia. Before taking up his post in Sweden, Laidre worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Special Envoy for Diplomatic History.