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Alar Karis
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Alar Karis is an Estonian molecular geneticist who has served as the President of Estonia since 2021. He is notable for bringing scientific expertise to the country's highest political office during a period of significant geopolitical challenges for Estonia.
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It sits within the topics 1958 births, Academic staff of the Estonian University of Life Sciences and Academic staff of the University of Tartu.
Its subject is documented across 56 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Tartu
- Spouse
- Sirje Karis
- Occupation
- civil servant
- Position held
- President of Estonia
- Educated at
- Estonian University of Life Sciences
- Political party
- independent politician
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Estonian
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Image
- Alar Karis 2024.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Alar Karis
- date of birth
- 1958-03-26
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Encyclopedic overview
Alar Karis ( Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑlɑr ˈkɑris]; born 26 March 1958) is the sixth president of Estonia, having taken office on 11 October 2021. He previously worked as molecular geneticist, developmental biologist, and Estonian civil servant.
Prior to presidency
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