Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
She has worked as the Estonian Ambassador to the United States, Mexico and Canada, to Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Israel. Before becoming minister Kaljurand served as the Foreign Ministry’s Undersecretary for Legal and Consular Affairs; Undersecretary for Political Affairs; Undersecretary for Foreign Economic Relations and Development Aid and Undersecretary for Legal and Consular Affairs and as a legal adviser. She has also worked as Director General of the Legal Department and Director of the International Treaties Division in the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has been the counsellor at the Estonian Embassy in Helsinki. Kaljurand has Master’s in Law from the University of Tartu and Master’s in International Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University in the U.S.