Neeme Vali

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Neeme Väli (right) with Richard Mills

Neeme Väli (born June 1, 1965 in Paide ) is a former Estonian major general . Most recently he was Deputy Director General of the NATO International Military Staff .

Life

Military career

Like many of his compatriots, Neeme Väli completed basic military training with the Red Army in 1990 . During the restoration of national independence in his home country, he joined the Defense League ( Estonian : Kaitseliit ) , which was being rebuilt in 1991 . When the Republic of Estonia began to set up regular armed forces again in 1992 , he joined them and trained as a career officer. However, he remained connected to the Kaitseliit and took on various management tasks there until 1997 (most recently as chief of staff). In the following years he was entrusted with various activities in the headquarters of the Estonian armed forces.

In June 2009 he was promoted to brigadier general , since 2007 Chief of Staff at the Armed Forces Headquarters. About two years later he moved to Brussels and took over from Vello Loemaa as the representative of the Estonian armed forces in NATO and the EU . In March 2012 he was promoted to major general and a few days later appointed deputy director of the NATO International Military Staff (IMS). His successor as military representative in NATO and the EU was Valeri Saar . At the end of 2016, Väli was transferred to the reserve and retired from active military service after more than 20 years of service.

Private

Neeme Väli is married and has a son and a daughter. Hunting is one of his hobbies.

Web links

  • Biography of Neeme Väli on the NATO website.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 89.Sõjaväeliste auastmete andmine ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ 5. N. Välile sõjaväelise auastme andmine ( Memento from September 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Online report at www.postimees.ee from April 3, 2012, accessed on May 25, 2015 (Estonian)
  4. ↑ Online report on www.postimees.ee from December 14, 2016, accessed on March 10, 2017 (Estonian)
personal data
SURNAME Vali, Neeme
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian major general
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Paide