Georgi-Rene Maksimovski

Georgi-Rene Maksimovski (born 22 July 1966) is an Estonian spouse of the president. Since 2011, he is married to Kersti Kaljulaid who was the first female President of the Republic of Estonia in 2016–2021.

Maksimovski was born into an Estonian Seto family, he is one of the two children of father Nektari and mother Valve Maksimovski. In 1984–1991, he studied at the Tallinn University of Technology. Maksimovski worked at the Estonian State Infocommunication Foundation in 1993–2009.

Maksimovski reportedly began to date Kaljulaid in 2004. The first of the couple's two sons was born in 2005, and the second in 2009. Maksimovski and Kaljulaid married in 2011. Little is known about his daily life, and some Estonian media have speculated that he could be member of an Estonian intelligence agency.

Foreign honours

 * 🇦🇹 Austria: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (26 May 2021)
 * 🇫🇮 Finland: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (7 March 2017)
 * 🇮🇹 Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (5 June 2018)
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Three Stars (10 April 2019)
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (12 June 2018)
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (16 April 2019)