Andres Sutt
{{short description|Estonian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Andres Sutt
| image = Andres Sutt (crop).jpg
| caption = Andres Sutt in 2021
| office = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| status = Acting
| primeminister = Kaja Kallas
| term_start = 3 June 2022
| term_end = 18 July 2022
| predecessor = Eva-Maria Liimets
| successor = Urmas Reinsalu
| office1 = Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology
| primeminister1 = Kaja Kallas
| term_start1 = 26 January 2021
| term_end1 = 18 July 2022
| predecessor1 = Raul Siem
| successor1 = Kristjan Järvan
| party = Reform Party
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Tartu, Estonia{{Cite web|title=Sutt: tunnetan, mis Eestile korda läheb|url=https://majandus24.postimees.ee/590042/sutt-tunnetan-mis-eestile-korda-laheb|first=Andrus|last=Karnau|date=7 October 2011|access-date=30 January 2021|work=Postimees|language=et}}
| death_date =
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| alma_mater = University of Tartu
}}
File:Andres Sutt 2021. aastal Arvamusfestivalil.jpg
Andres Sutt (born 11 November 1967){{Cite web|title=CV|url=https://www.energia.ee/-/doc/8457332/ettevottest/pdf/andres_sutt_cv_eng.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130192326/https://www.energia.ee/-/doc/8457332/ettevottest/pdf/andres_sutt_cv_eng.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2021|access-date=30 January 2021|website=Eesti Energia}} is an Estonian politician. He served as Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.{{Cite web|title=Andres Sutt|url=https://www.valitsus.ee/en/prime-minister-ministers/minister-entrepreneurship-and-information-technology-andres-sutt|url-status=live|access-date=29 January 2021|website=Estonia Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127212340/https://www.valitsus.ee/en/prime-minister-ministers/minister-entrepreneurship-and-information-technology-andres-sutt |archive-date=27 January 2021 }}{{Cite news|date=24 January 2021|title=Kallas: We tried to put together a balanced government|work=ERR|url=https://news.err.ee/1608084472/kallas-we-tried-to-put-together-a-balanced-government|access-date=29 January 2021}} He served as acting Minister of Foreign Affairs from June to July 2022.{{Cite tweet |number=1533898615780950016 |user=SuttAndres |title=First workday and first meeting as the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs with a good friend 🇺🇦ambassador @Mariana_Betsa . Reiterated the Estonian unwavering commitment to helping Ukraine win the war and rebuild. Slava Ukraini! #standwithukraine @MFA_Ukraine @MFAestonia |date=June 6, 2022 |access-date=June 7, 2022}}
Early life and education
Sutt graduated cum laude from the University of Tartu in 1993 with a degree in economics and finance. In 2008, he graduated from the Advanced Management Program from INSEAD, and in 2015 with a degree in Negotiations and Leadership from Harvard Law School.{{Cite web|title=Andres Sutt|url=https://www.sihtasutus.ut.ee/sihtasutusest/juhtimine/andres-sutt-1|access-date=29 January 2021|website=Tartu Ülikooli Sihtasutus|language=et}}
Career
From 1992 to 1993, Sutt was the Chief Specialist of Eesti Pank's Central Bank Policy Department. From 1993 to 1996, the Deputy Head of the Banking Supervision Department, and from 1997 to 1999 Deputy Head of the Central Bank Policy Department. From 1999 until 2001, he was the Adviser to the Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Nordic-Baltic Constituency and Member of the Board of Directors from 2009 until 2012.
Sutt was Senior Adviser to the Executive Director of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) from 2012 to 2013 and Head of the Banking Division of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) from 2013 to 2016. From 2017 to 2018, he worked as the Director of Regulatory Relations of Eesti Energia and as a member of the Management Board of the company.{{Cite web|title=Ettevõtlus- ja infotehnoloogiaminister Andres Sutt|url=https://www.mkm.ee/et/ministeerium-kontaktid/ettevotlus-ja-infotehnoloogiaminister-andres-sutt|access-date=30 January 2021|website=Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium|language=et|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204130108/https://www.mkm.ee/et/ministeerium-kontaktid/ettevotlus-ja-infotehnoloogiaminister-andres-sutt|url-status=dead}}
In his capacity as interim foreign minister, Sutt summoned the Russian ambassador to Estonia in June 2022 to condemn President Vladimir Putin's "completely unacceptable" praise for Peter the Great who captured Narva, a city that is now Estonian.David Ljunggren (10 June 2022), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/estonia-summons-russian-envoy-protest-putin-remarks-2022-06-10/ Estonia summons Russian envoy to protest Putin remarks] Reuters.
He ran for the Riigikogu in the 2023 elections, received 3315 votes in constituency No 2 (Tallinn's Central City, Lasnamäe and Pirita districts) and was elected with a district mandate.{{Cite web |title=Valimised |url=https://rk2023.valimised.ee/et/elected-members/acquired-mandates.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=rk2023.valimised.ee}}{{Cite web |last=ERR |title=rk valimised 2023 |url=https://www.err.ee/k/rk-valimised-2023# |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=ERR |language=et}}
Recognition
References
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{{s-bef|before=Raul Siem}}
{{s-ttl|title=Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology|years=2021–2022}}
{{s-aft|after=Kristjan Järvan}}
{{s-bef|before=Eva-Maria Liimets}}
{{s-ttl|title=Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs|years=2022}}
{{s-aft|after=Urmas Reinsalu}}
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{{Members of the 15th Riigikogu}}
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Category:Politicians from Tartu
Category:Government ministers of Estonia
Category:Estonian Reform Party politicians
Category:Members of the Riigikogu, 2019–2023
Category:Members of the Riigikogu, 2023–2027
Category:University of Tartu alumni
Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class