Tiina Intelmann

Born in Tallinn, Intelmann was graduated from Leningrad State University in 1987 with a Master of Arts degree in Italian language and literature.^[2]

In 1991, Intelmann became a diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia.^[2] From 1999 to 2002, she was Estonia's Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.^[2] From 2002 to 2005 Intelmann was the Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary for Political Affairs and Relations with the Press.^[2] She became the Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 30 March 2005.^[2] In 2011, her term at the UN ended and she became Estonia's ambassador to Israel and Estonia's non-resident ambassador to Montenegro.^[3]

On 12 December 2011, Intelmann was elected to succeed Christian Wenaweser as the President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court.^[4] She is the first woman to have headed the ICC's Assembly of States Parties.^[3] Tiina Intelmann was succeeded as President of the Assembly by Sidiki Kaba, Minister of Justice of Senegal.^[5] Intelmann was the Estonian ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021.

On 4 August 2021, the European Union External Action Service announced that Intelmann had been appointed as the Head of Delegation of the European Union to Somalia. Intelmann's duties in this capacity began on 1 September 2021.^[6][7]