Ambassador

Curriculum Vitae

Name:	WILLIAM MART LAANEMÄE
Born:	June 21, 1959 in Vancouver, BC, Canada

Education
1989	Dr.rer.nat. in Chemistry, Stuttgart University, Germany
1983	M.A.Sc. in Materials Science, University of Toronto, Canada
1981	B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Career
Since 2008	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the Federal Republic of Germany
2004	Undersecretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. Responsible for external economic issues (including trade policy, OECD and climate issues) and development co-operation. October 2006-August 2007 also responsible for political affairs. In 2008 first head of the Estonian delegation negotiating OECD accession. Concurrently (2004-2009) non-resident ambassador to Serbia (initially to Serbia and Montenegro), National Co-ordinator for the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
2003-2004	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director-General of the Minister’s Office
1999-2003	Ambassador to the Republic of Austria. Resident representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Vienna and to the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (2000-2003). Non-resident ambassador to the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Swiss Confederation (2000-2003), the Republic of Hungary (1999-2001) and the Czech Republic (1999-2002).
1996-1999	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Undersecretary for Policy, Press and Information
1995-1996	“Silmet”, Sillamäe, Estonia, Commercial Director (sales, marketing)
1991-1995	1991-1995 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Estonian Language Service, Editor, Deputy Director, Acting Director and Tallinn bureau chief in Munich, Germany, Tallinn, Estonia and Prague, Czech Republic
1989-1991	1989-1991 MTU München GmbH, Munich, Germany, engineer
1987-1989	1987-1989 Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany, scientist