Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Ilves in 2011
4th President of Estonia
In office 9 October 2006 – 10 October 2016
Prime Minister	Andrus Ansip Taavi Rõivas
Preceded by	Arnold Rüütel
Succeeded by	Kersti Kaljulaid
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 25 March 1999 – 28 January 2002
Prime Minister	Mart Laar
Preceded by	Raul Mälk
Succeeded by	Kristiina Ojuland
In office November 1996 – October 1998
Prime Minister	Tiit Vähi Mart Siimann
Preceded by	Siim Kallas
Succeeded by	Raul Mälk
Personal details
Born	(1953-12-26) 26 December 1953 (age 70) Stockholm, Sweden
Political party	Social Democratic Party (Before 2006) Independent (2006–present)
Spouses	Merry Bullock ​ ​ (m. 1981; div. 2004)​ Evelin Int ​ ​ (m. 2004; div. 2015)​ Ieva Kupče ​ ​ (m. 2016; div. 2023)​
Children	4
Alma mater	Columbia University University of Pennsylvania
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈtoːmɑs ˈhendrik ˈilves]; born 26 December 1953) is an Estonian politician who served as the fourth president of Estonia from 2006 until 2016.

Ilves worked as a diplomat and journalist, and he was the leader of the Social Democratic Party in the 1990s. He served in the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 1998 and again from 1999 to 2002. Later, he was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2006. He was elected as President of Estonia by an electoral college on 23 September 2006 and his term as President began on 9 October 2006. He was reelected by Parliament in 2011.