Minister of Defense Jaak Aaviksoo of Estonia

Before joining the party and leaving his post as rector, Aaviksoo was considered as a candidate for the presidental elections in 2006, which were won by Toomas Hendrik Ilves.

After Andrus Ansip, leader of the Reform Party, invited Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica to form a coalition government, Aaviksoo was tipped for several high positions, i.

Jaak Aaviksoo is married and a father of three.

Aaviksoo has publicized over 100 scientific articles and over 80 publicistic articles from 1976 to 2002.

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Minister of Defence Jaak Aaviksoo has revoked the decree issued by outgoing secretary general on sending the Ministry’s adviser to an expensive training course.

Jaak Aaviksoo was minister of education of Estonia from 1995 to 1996.

Jaak Aaviksoo is part of the WikiProject Estonia, a project to maintain and expand Estonia-related subjects on Wikipedia.

Dr Aaviksoo discussed the political context of these attacks, methods that had been used to stage them and difficulties inherent to identifying and persecuting those responsible for cyber terrorism.

Speaking to Estonian TV and radio broadcasting company on Saturday, Aaviksoo said the August crisis in the Caucasus showed the need for Estonia to increase its defense spending.

Estonia's defense minister Jaak Aaviksoo said Thursday there is a possibility that the Russian government was involved in cyberattacks against Estonian Web sites.

Aaviksoo said the attacks were massive and well-organized, targeting the government offices and a number of corporations including the six major banks in the Baltic country.

Defense Minister Jaak Aaviksoo said at the time that the cyberattacks were a threat to Estonia's national security and likened their effect to a blockade of a country's sea ports.

return encodeURIComponent('Estonian Defense Minister Jaak Aaviksoo said that the cyberattacks were a threat to national security, and that it was possible the Russian government was behind them.

Defense Minister Jaak Aaviksoo said about a million computers around the world were used over more than two weeks to attack government and corporate Web sites in Estonia, which is engaged in a bitter dispute with Moscow over the removal of a Soviet-era war memorial from downtown Tallinn.

The Baltic nations must accelerate their cooperation in land, air and naval forces, Estonia's Defense Minister Jaak Aaviksoo said Jan 5.

HELSINKI, Finland - The Baltic nations must accelerate their cooperation in land, air and naval forces, Estonia's Defense Minister Jaak Aaviksoo said Jan 5.

In a presentation at the Camp Taji Theater, Aaviksoo took part as Estonian troops and Soldiers of “Garryowen” presented each other with awards—with the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment presenting traditional Cavalry spurs to their Estonian partners while several Garryowen troops received the Estonian Distinguished Service Medal.