Aivo Orav


Aivo Orav is an Estonian diplomat. Orav is EU Ambassador and EU Special Representative to Kosovo. 2020-2024 Orav was the Permanent Representative of Estonia to the European Union. 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.

Education

Orav graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry of the University of Tartu and later from the Estonian Diplomatic School in Tallinn.
Since 1992, Orav served the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From 1995 to 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 to 2005, Orav was [Estonia–Poland relations|the Foreign relations of Estonia|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.
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.

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