Aivo Orav | |
Office: | Permanent Representation of Estonia to OSCE |
Term Start: | 1995 |
Term End: | 1998 |
Office1: | Security Policy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start1: | 1998 |
Term End1: | 2000 |
Office2: | Ambassador of Estonia to Poland |
Term Start2: | 2000 |
Term End2: | 2005 |
Successor2: | Ants Froch |
Office3: | Estonian Ambassador to Turkey with co-accreditation to Azerbaijan, Lebanon and Macedonia |
Term Start3: | 2008 |
Term End3: | 2012 |
Office4: | E.U Ambassador to North Macedonia |
Term Start4: | 2012 |
Term End4: | 2016 |
Office5: | E.U Ambassador to Montenegro |
Term Start5: | 2016 |
Term End5: | 2020 |
Office6: | E.U Ambassador to Kosovo |
Term Start6: | 2024 |
Predecessor6: | Tomáš Szunyog |
Birth Name: | Aivo Orav |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1965 |
Birth Place: | Pärnu, Estonia |
Occupation: | Diplomat |
Aivo Orav (born 10 April 1965 in Pärnu) is an Estonian diplomat.[1] Orav is the Permanent Representative of Estonian to the E.U. since 2020. Before that, Orav has been the Head of EU Delegation in Montenegro and Head of EU Delegation in North Macedonia, and Ambassador of Estonia in several countries.[2]
Orav graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry of the University of Tartu (1990) and later from the Estonian Diplomatic School in Tallinn (1992).
Since 1992, Orav served the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From 1995–1998, Orav was the Permanent Representation of Estonia at the OSCE in Vienna.
From 1998 to 2000, Orav was Security Policy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From 2000–2005, Orav was the Ambassador of Estonia in Poland with co-accreditation to Bulgaria and Romania. Since 2005, Orav is the non-resident ambassador in North Macedonia.
After the end of his term in Poland in August 2005, Orav returned to Estonia, where he worked as the Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3]
2008-2012 Orav was the Estonian Ambassador to Turkey with co-accreditation to Azerbaijan, Lebanon and Macedonia.
2012 Orav joined the E.U. External Action Service and worked as E.U Ambassador to North Macedonia until 2016 and then as EU Ambassador to Montenegro 2016-2020.
Orav is Estonian Permanent Representative to the European Union since September 2020.