Budapest

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to Hungary

KRISTI KARELSOHN

Curriculum Vitae

Date of birth 10.04.1968

Education

• University of Tartu, Estonian Language, 1993
• Estonian School of Diplomacy, 1994

Employment record

Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1994

• 1994–1997 Third Secretary, Protocol Department
• 1997–1998 Second Secretary, External Economic Policy Department
• 1999            Director of Office of Bilateral External Economic Relations, External Economic Policy Department
• 1999–2002 Second Secretary, Estonian Embassy in Riga
• 2002–2006 First Secretary, Political Department
• 2006–2010 First Secretary, Estonian Embassy in Helsinki
• 2010–2014 Director of Office of Trade Policy and International Economic Organisations, External Economic Policy and Development Cooperation Department
• 2014–2018 Ambassador, Estonian Embassy in Dublin
• 2018–          Ambassador, Estonian Embassy in Budapest; side accreditations to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Republic of Serbia

Languages

English, Finnish, Russian, French, basic German