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Eerik-Niiles Kross (* 8. September 1967 in Tallinn) ist ein estnischer Politiker und Diplomat. In den Jahren 1995 bis 2000 amtierte er als Chef des estnischen Geheimdienstes. Er wurde 2013 in der estnischen Hauptstadt Tallinn als Spitzenkandidat der konservative Partei Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit, IRL (deutsch Pro-Patria- und Res-Publica-Union) zur Wahl aufgestellt. Im Oktober 2014 verließ er die IRL und trat der Estnischen Reformpartei bei. Seine Eltern sind die Schriftsteller Ellen Kross (1928–2016), geborene Hiob und Jaan Kross (1920–2007). Eerik-Niiles hat drei weitere Geschwister: (* 1953), (* 1959) und Märten Kross (* 1970). (de)
Eerik-Niiles Kross (born 8 September 1967) is an Estonian politician, diplomat, former chief of intelligence and entrepreneur. He is a member of parliament (Riigikogu). During the 1980s, Kross was a prominent figure in the anti-Soviet non-violent resistance movement in Soviet Estonia. After re-independence, in 1991, he joined Estonia's Foreign Ministry. He served as the head of intelligence from 1995 to 2000; and as national security advisor to former President Lennart Meri in 2000 and 2001. Kross represented Estonia as a diplomat in the UK, from 1990 to 1992; then in the US from 1992 to 1995. Internationally, Kross is best known as a security expert, having worked in Iraq as a Senior Director of the Coalition Provisional Authority being responsible for creating the new Iraqi Ministry of Defense and Military Intelligence. He was an advisor to the Government of Georgia during and after its war with Russia in 2008. He coordinated the Georgian information campaign. As an observer of foreign affairs, Kross has published more than a 100 articles on Russian foreign policy, NATO and Estonian-Russian relations. Kross is a well known critic of the Russian foreign policy and the Russian head of state, Vladimir Putin. In 2011, Russian authorities accused him of masterminding the 2009 hijacking of the MV Arctic Sea off the coast of Sweden. The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Estonia, rejected this accusation as a fabrication by Russia's FSB. Kross joined the moderate-conservative IRL in November 2011, and was elected to the Party Executive. He served on the Advisory Board to the Ministry of Defense. In October 2014 Kross left the IRL and joined the liberal democratic Estonian Reform Party. At the Parliamentary Elections of 2015 he ran at the Reform Party ticket in the Tallinn 3rd district and won a seat in Parliament after the MEP Urmas Paet did not accept his mandate. Kross has published several books and written scripts for documentary films. He wrote the script for the 2006 documentary, (Sinimäed), which received the Estonian Cultural Foundation's Film of the Year Award; also, special mention at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. (en)
Ээрик-Нийлес Кросс (родился 8 сентября 1967 года в Таллине) — эстонский дипломат, советник спецслужб и предприниматель. (ru)

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Ээрик-Нийлес Кросс (родился 8 сентября 1967 года в Таллине) — эстонский дипломат, советник спецслужб и предприниматель. (ru)
Eerik-Niiles Kross (* 8. September 1967 in Tallinn) ist ein estnischer Politiker und Diplomat. In den Jahren 1995 bis 2000 amtierte er als Chef des estnischen Geheimdienstes. Er wurde 2013 in der estnischen Hauptstadt Tallinn als Spitzenkandidat der konservative Partei Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit, IRL (deutsch Pro-Patria- und Res-Publica-Union) zur Wahl aufgestellt. Im Oktober 2014 verließ er die IRL und trat der Estnischen Reformpartei bei. (de)
Eerik-Niiles Kross (born 8 September 1967) is an Estonian politician, diplomat, former chief of intelligence and entrepreneur. He is a member of parliament (Riigikogu). During the 1980s, Kross was a prominent figure in the anti-Soviet non-violent resistance movement in Soviet Estonia. After re-independence, in 1991, he joined Estonia's Foreign Ministry. He served as the head of intelligence from 1995 to 2000; and as national security advisor to former President Lennart Meri in 2000 and 2001. Kross represented Estonia as a diplomat in the UK, from 1990 to 1992; then in the US from 1992 to 1995. (en)

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Кросс, Ээрик-Нийлес (ru)

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