Taimar Peterkop to become Estonia’s foreign ministry chancellor

Taimar Peterkop will become the new chancellor of Estonia’s Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said in a speech marking the ministry’s anniversary, ERR reported.

Susan Lilleväli, the ministry’s director general of public relations, confirmed Peterkop’s appointment. He is currently an adviser to the president’s National Defence Council and will likely have to leave one of the roles, Lilleväli said.

Peterkop was Estonia’s state secretary from 2018 to 2025 and led the Estonian Information System Authority from 2015 to 2018. He previously worked as a deputy secretary general at the Ministry of Defence and as a defence policy adviser at Estonia’s embassy in Washington.

He graduated from the University of Tartu’s Faculty of Law and earned a master’s degree in strategic leadership from the United States Army War College.