Georgi-Rene Maksimovski

Spouse of former president of Estonia

Georgi-Rene Maksimovski
Maksimovski at the inaugural presidential reception, 10 October 2016

First Gentleman of Estonia
In role 10 October 2016 – 11 October 2021
President	Kersti Kaljulaid
Preceded by	Ieva Ilves (as First Lady)
Succeeded by	Sirje Karis (as First Lady)

Personal details
Born	(1966-07-22) 22 July 1966 (age 57)
Spouse	Kersti Kaljulaid (m. 2011)
Children	2
Alma mater	Tallinn University of Technology

Georgi-Rene Maksimovski (born 22 July 1966) is an Estonian spouse of the president. Since 2011, he is married to Kersti Kaljulaid who was the first female^[1] President of the Republic of Estonia in 2016–2021.

Maksimovski was born into an Estonian Seto family, he is one of the two children of father Nektari^[2] and mother Valve Maksimovski.^[3] In 1984–1991, he studied at the Tallinn University of Technology. Maksimovski worked at the Estonian State Infocommunication Foundation in 1993–2009.^[4]

Maksimovski reportedly began to date Kaljulaid in 2004. The first of the couple's two sons was born in 2005, and the second in 2009.^[5] Maksimovski and Kaljulaid married in 2011. Little is known about his daily life, and some Estonian media have speculated that he could be member of an Estonian intelligence agency.^[3]^[6]

Honours

Foreign honours

Austria: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (26 May 2021)
Finland: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (7 March 2017)
Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (5 June 2018)^[7]
Latvia: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Three Stars (10 April 2019)^[8]
Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (12 June 2018)
Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (16 April 2019)

References

^ "Estonia gets first female president". EADaily.
^ Inno (29 September 2016). "Inno ja Irja kohvik: Rene Maksimovski isa oli Punaarmees".
^ ^a ^b "Rene Maksimovski". geni_family_tree.
^ "Kes on Kersti Kaljulaiu salapärane abikaasa Georgi-Rene Maksimovski? - Õhtuleht". www.ohtuleht.ee.
^ Geni World Family Tree. "Georgi Maksimovski - Historical records and family trees". MyHeritage. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
^ ""Kersti Kaljulaidi abikaasa ei ole luuraja, tema töö ei ole olnud seinaga ühte sulamine"". Delfi.
^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana".
^ "Latvia bestows state decorations on president, several other officials of Estonia". baltictimes.com. 2019-04-10. Archived from the original on 2019-04-20.