Ambassador
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the Republic of Portugal
RUTH LAUSMA LUIK
Ruth Lausma Luik was appointed Estonia`s Ambassador to the Republic of Portugal in July 2018 and took up her assignment as of 1 August.
Curriculum Vitae
Date of birth 10 November 1964
Education
- 1987 University of Tartu, French Language
- 1989 Moscow State University, Roman and Germanic Languages and Literature
Employment record
- 1989–1992 Estonian Institute, French Assistant Adviser
- 1993–1994 Office of the President of the Republic, Head of Secretariat
Employment record in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1994–1996 Political Department, Office of Western Europe, Diplomat
- 1996–1997 Chargé d’Affaires in Italy, opened the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Rome
- 1997–2001 Ambassador to France
- 1998–2002 Ambassador, Permanent Representative to UNESCO, based in Paris/Tallinn
- 2001–2004 Ambassador to the Principality of Andorra, based in Paris/Tallinn
- 2001–2003 2nd Political Department, Director of Office of Western Europe
- 2003–2010 assignments abroad to NATO in the US as the ambassador’s spouse
- 2010–2012 Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels, Adviser, relationships with the European Parliament and General Affairs Group (GAG)
- 2012–2014 assignment abroad to Moscow as the ambassador’s spouse
- 2015–2016 Department for European and Trans-Atlantic Cooperation, Director of Office of Western Europe and North America
- 2016–2018 Department for European Affairs, Director of Office of Western Europe
- 2018– Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic and the Kingdom of Morocco, based in Lisbon
National awards
- Commander’s Cross of the Legion of Honour of the Republic of France, 2001
- Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Portuguese Republic, 2003
- Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau of the Netherlands, 2018
- Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy, 2018
Foreign languages
English, French, Russian, Italian