Draft:Rainer Saks

Rainer Saks (born September 19, 1967) is a former Estonian civil servant. He has led the Office of the President of the Republic, the Estonian Information Board (named Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service in 2017), and has been the Chancellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Career
He graduated from Pärnu First Secondary School and the University of Tartu as a historian.

Between 1993 and 1999, he worked as a history teacher at Pärnu Sütevaka Humanitarian Gymnasium, then as an advisor to the Foreign Minister from 1999 to 2001, and later as the Coordination Director at the State Chancellery.

From 2006 to 2011, he served as the Director of the Office of the President of Estonia. From February 10, 2011, to December 1, 2015, he was the Director-General of the Information Board, and from December 1, 2015, to November 30, 2020, he was the Chancellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Starting December 1, 2020, he began working as the head of foreign relations at a cyber security company CybExer Technologies.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Saks has been posting daily updates on the war in Ukraine and other conflicts on his Facebook wall, widely cited and published in Estonia's major daily newspapers.

He has announced his candidacy for the 2024 European Parliament elections on the list of the Parempoolsed Party.

Recognition

 * 2005 Order of the White Star
 * 2009 Order of the Three Stars
 * 2019 Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Class II Medal of Honor

Publications
"Ukraine War Diaries" from 2023, edited by Hannes Rumm, with design by Jan Garshnek, maps by Karl-Erik Leik, and photographs by Rauno Volmar. ISBN 9789916950159