Tiina Intelmann

Tiina Intelmann
Intelmann in 2011
Born (1963-08-25) August 25, 1963 (age 61)
Tallinn, Estonia
NationalityEstonian
OccupationDiplomat
OfficeAmbassador of the European Union to the United Somalia
PredecessorDavid O'Sullivan

Tiina Intelmann (born 25 August 1963)[1] is an Estonian diplomat; she was the Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations in New York from 2005 to 2011 and was the President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court from December 2011 until December 2014. Since then, she is the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Liberia. Since 2017 she is the Estonian ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Early life and education

Born in Tallinn, Intelmann was graduated from Leningrad State University in 1987 with a Master of Arts degree in Italian language and literature.[2]

Career

In 1991, Intelmann became a diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia.[2] From 1999 to 2002, she was Estonia's Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.[2] From 2002 to 2005 Intelmann was the Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary for Political Affairs and Relations with the Press.[2] She became the Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 30 March 2005.[2] In 2011, her term at the UN ended and she became Estonia's ambassador to Israel and Estonia's non-resident ambassador to Montenegro.[3]

On 12 December 2011, Intelmann was elected to succeed Christian Wenaweser as the President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court.[4] She is the first woman to have headed the ICC's Assembly of States Parties.[3] Tiina Intelmann was succeeded as President of the Assembly by Sidiki Kaba, Minister of Justice of Senegal.[5]

On 4 August 2021, the European Union External Action Service announced that Intelmann was appointed as the Head of Delegation of the European Union to Somalia. Intelmann's duties in this capacity began on 1 September 2021.[6]

References

  1. ^ Kossar, Kristel (19 January 2013). "Tiina Intelmann: inimesed on väsinud olemast tublid" (in Estonian). naine24. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Her Excellency Tiina Intelmann", The Washington Diplomat, 2010-11-11.
  3. ^ a b "Former UN Ambassador To Be Nominated for ICC Assembly Presidency", Estonian Public Broadcasting, 2011-07-29.
  4. ^ "Tiina Intelmann Becomes President of the Assembly of ICC", Estonian Public Broadcasting, 2011-12-12.
  5. ^ "Minister of Justice of Senegal, H.E. Mr. Sidiki Kaba, endorsed for the position of President of the Assembly, meets with States Parties in New York", Assembly of States Parties", 2014-10-02.
  6. ^ "EEAS: High Representative Josep Borrell announces senior appointments". European Union External Action Service. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations
2004–2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Aino Lepik von Wiren
(resided in Tallinn)
 Ambassador of Estonia to Israel
2011 		Succeeded by
Malle Talvet-Mustonen
Preceded by
Christian Wenaweser
(Liechtenstein)
 President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
2011-2014 		Succeeded by
Sidiki Kaba
(Senegal)
Preceded by
Attilio Pacifici (Italy)
 Head of the Delegation of the European Union in Liberia
2014–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by
Lauri Bambus
 Ambassador of Estonia to the United Kingdom
2017–present 		Incumbent