Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the State of Israel
SULEV KANNIKE
Curriculum Vitae
- Date of birth 9 December 1953
Education
- University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, 1972–1979
Employment record:
- 1979–1982 Assistant Prosecutor at the Prosecutor’s Offices of Jõgeva and Rapla Regions
- 1982–1987 Senior Research Fellow at the Scientific Library of Tartu State University
- 1987–1992 Lecturer in the Chair of Philosophy of the Estonian Academy of Agriculture
- 1992–1995 Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Vice Dean
Employment record in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- 1995–1996 Director General of the Legal Department
- 1997–1998 Director General of the Policy Planning Department
- 1998–1999 Director General of the Political Department
- 1999–2003 Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia, Permanent Representative to NATO in Brussels
- 1999–2003 side accreditation to the Kingdom of Belgium,
- 1999–2004 side accreditations to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Western European Union (WEU)
Employment record in the Ministry of Defence:
- 2003–2005 Undersecretary for Politics
Employment record in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- 2005–2007 Adviser in Global Security Affairs
- 2007–2011 Ambassador of Estonia to the Council of Europe
- 2011–2012 Undersecretary for Political Affairs
- 2012–2016 Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine, based in Kyiv; side accreditation to the Republic of Moldova (2012-2015)
- 08.2016– Estonian Ambassador to Israel, based in Tel Aviv
Other job assignments
- 1996–1997 participated in the OSCE mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Academic activities
- 1995 Fulbright Scholarship grantee at the University of Connecticut
Languages
- English
- Russian
- minimal French and German
