Evelin Ilves is the First Lady

First Lady

First Lady or First Gentlemanis the unofficial title used in some countries for the spouse of an elected head of state.It is not normally used to refer to the spouse or partner of a prime minister; the husband or wife of the British Prime Minister is usually informally referred to as prime...

 of Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

, married to Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Toomas Hendrik Ilves is the fourth and current President of Estonia. He is a former diplomat and journalist, was the leader of the Social Democratic Party in the 1990s and later a member of the European Parliament...

, the current President of Estonia

President of Estonia

The President of the Republic is the head of state of the Republic of Estonia.Estonia is a parliamentary republic, therefore President is mainly a symbolic figure and holds no executive power. The President has to suspend his membership in any political party for his term in office...

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She grew up in Tallinn and graduated from Saku

Saku, Estonia

Saku is a small borough in Harju County, Estonia, located 16 km south from Tallinn, the capital. It is the administrative centre of Saku Parish...

 Gymnasium in 1986. She attended a bachelors degree in medicine from Tartu University and a masters degree in the same subject ibidem in 1993. In 2004 she married her longtime partner Toomas Hendrik Ilves with whom she has one daughter Kadri Keiu (born 2003).

External links

• Mrs. Evelin Ilves' page on official Website of the President of the Republic of Estonia.