Tiina Intelmann


Tiina Intelmann is an Estonian diplomat; she was the Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations in New York from 2005 to 2011 and was the President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court from December 2011 until December 2014. Since then, she is the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Liberia. Since 2017 she is the Estonian ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Early life and education

Born in Tallinn, Intelmann was educated at Leningrad State University.

Career

In 1991, Intelmann became a diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. From 1999 to 2002, she was Estonia's Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. From 2002 to 2005 Intelmann was the Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary for Political Affairs and Relations with the Press. She became the Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 30 March 2005. In 2011, her term at the UN ended and she became Estonia's ambassador to Israel and Estonia's non-resident ambassador to Montenegro.
On 12 December 2011, Intelmann was elected to succeed Christian Wenaweser as the President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court. She is the first woman to have headed the ICC's Assembly of States Parties. Tiina Intelmann was succeeded as President of the Assembly by Sidiki Kaba, Minister of Justice of Senegal.