Mart Laanemäe, born in Canada, is Undersecretary for Europe and Transatlantic Co-operation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. He is an active proponent of internet freedom, an organizer of the Freedom Online Coalition conference in Tallinn 2014. In 2013, he worked as acting Undersecretary for political affairs, between 2008 and 20012 he worked as Estonian ambassador to Germany. Furthermore, he was first head of the Estonian delegation negotiating OECD accession and between 2004 and 2009 held post of first head of the Estonian delegation negotiating OECD accession.