Igor Schvede

{{short description|Estonian military personnel (born 5 December 1970)}}

thumb|Igor Schvede '''Igor Schvede''' (born on 5 December 1970) is an Estonian Rear Admiral and the former Commander of the Estonian Navy from 2007 to 2012.

==Biography== Schvede was born in 1970 in, his military career began at the Leningrad Nakhimov Naval School.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=NATO |title=Igor Schvede, Military Representative of Estonian to NATO |url=http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_134351.htm |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=NATO |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://regnum.ru/news/1670854.html|title = Генштаб Сил обороны Эстонии возглавил выпускник ленинградского нахимовского училища}}</ref> He later joined the Soviet Navy, receiving education at the Frunze Naval Academy (now the St. Petersburg Naval Institute), where he graduated with a bachelors in Electromechanical Engineering.<ref name=":0" /> Schvede was commissioned in 1993 in the navy, the beginning of which he participated in the withdrawal of the Soviet Armed Forces from Estonia.<ref name="nato.int">{{cite web |title=Igor Schvede, Military Representative of Estonian to NATO |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_134351.htm |website=NATO |access-date=11 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> He has commanded Estonian two patrol craft. In 2005, he was deployed to Afghanistan.<ref name=":0" /> In 2012, he graduated from US Naval Command College.<ref name=":0" /> From 2007 to 2012, he commanded Estonian Navy.<ref name=":0" /> From 2013 to 2016, Schvede was Chief of Staff at the Headquarters of the Estonian Defence Forces<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rus.delfi.ee/statja/66280942/novym-nachalnikom-glavnogo-shtaba-sil-oborony-estonii-stanet-igor-shvede|title = Новым начальником Главного штаба Сил обороны Эстонии станет Игорь Шведе}}</ref> In August 2016, he was appointed as Estonia's representative to NATO and the European Union.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rus.err.ee/1056139/kersti-kaljulajd-povysila-v-zvanii-dvuh-oficerov-vms|title = Керсти Кальюлайд повысила в звании двух офицеров ВМС|date = 23 February 2020}}</ref> Since 2021, he has been an advisor at the Ministry of Defence.

Schvede was given the rank of Rear Admiral in February 2020. He is a recipient of the Order of the Cross of the Eagle of the Defence League.<ref name=":0" />

==Personal life== He is fluent in Estonian, English and Russian.<ref name=":0" />

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