14 Facts About Kristiina Ojuland

Kristiina Ojuland was the Foreign Minister of Estonia from 2002 through 2005.

Kristiina Ojuland was a member of the Estonian Reform Party from 1995 till 5 June 2013 and from 2009 to 2014 she served as one of the six Estonian MEPs in the European Parliament.

Kristiina Ojuland was expelled from the Reform Party because of alleged vote rigging on 5 June 2013.

Kristiina Ojuland later founded the Party of People's Unity, which failed to gain any seats in the 2015 and 2019 parliamentary election.

Between 1990 and 1992 Ojuland worked in the Draft Legislation Department of the Estonian Ministry of Justice.

Kristiina Ojuland moved to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992 to work on affairs related to the Council of Europe, and she was promoted to be Estonia's Permanent Representative to the Council in 1993, a post she held for one year, before moving to become Director of the Estonian Broadcasting Association.

Kristiina Ojuland joined the Estonian Reform Party in 1995, becoming their Foreign Affairs Spokesperson.

Kristiina Ojuland was the Estonian minister of foreign affairs from 2002 to 2005, when she was fired by President Arnold Ruutel after secret files disappeared from her ministry.

Kristiina Ojuland was the first vice-speaker of the parliament from 2007 to 2009, at which point she became a Member of the European Parliament for the ALDE.

Kristiina Ojuland was expelled from the Reform Party because of alleged vote rigging on 5 June 2013.

In 2014, Kristiina Ojuland founded and become the leader of the Party of People's Unity.

Kristiina Ojuland began to express strong anti-immigration and anti-Islam views, such as calling for a ban on the Quran and claiming that the white race is in danger.

From 1987 to 2000, Kristiina Ojuland was married to Erik Siigur.

In 2007, Kristiina Ojuland participated as a celebrity contestant on the second season of Tantsud tahtedega, an Estonian version of Dancing with the Stars.