Ambassador
Lembit Uibo
Date of birth: 27 June 1971
Professional Experience
2021–2025 – Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to the French Republic; non-resident Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco, the Republic of Iraq and the Republic of Tunisia
2018–2021 – Director General, Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
2017–2018 – Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to the Kingdom of Belgium
2014–2018 – Permanent Representative to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union (PSC)
2010–2014 – Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to the Czech Republic
2006–2010 – Director, Litigation Division before the Court of Justice of the European Union, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Agent of the Republic of Estonia before the Court of Justice of the European Union
2004–2006 – Counsellor, EU Law Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Agent of the Republic of Estonia before the Court of Justice of the European Union
2003–2004 – Legal Adviser, Permanent Representation of Estonia to the European Union
1999–2003 – EU Law Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia; Coordinator of the drafting of Estonia’s Accession Treaty to the European Union and, from 2001 to 2003, Legal Adviser to the Estonian accession negotiations team
2002–2007 – Lecturer in European Union Law at various universities
Education
2000–2001 – Maastricht University, Magister Iuris Communis, Master of Comparative and European Law (LL.M.)
1998–1999 – University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam School of International Relations, Executive Master’s Degree in International and European Relations and Management
1997–1998 – Estonian School of Diplomacy, International Relations and European Integration
1992–1997 – International University of Social Sciences “Lex”, qualification in Law
1989–1992 – Tallinn Technical University
1978–1989 – Tallinn First Secondary School
Decoration
Order of the White Star of Estonia
Languages
English, French and Russian