# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eerik-niiles-kross
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:36:59.603Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eerik-niiles-kross"
name: "Eerik-Niiles Kross"
slug: "eerik-niiles-kross"
description: "Eerik-Niiles Kross is an Estonian politician, diplomat, former chief of intelligence and entrepreneur. He is a member of parliament (Riigikogu). During the 1980s, Kross was a prominent figure in the anti-Soviet non-violent resistance movement in Soviet Estonia. After re-independence, in 1991, he joined Estonia's Foreign Ministry. He served as the head of intelligence from 1995 to 2000; and as national security advisor to former President Lennart Meri in 2000 and 2001."
tagline: "Estonian politician (born 1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kross%2C_Eerik-Niiles.IMG_2106.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1967-09-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.81728
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/eeriknkross"
    handle:    "eeriknkross"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/eerik.kross"
    handle:    "eerik.kross"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eerik-Niiles_Kross"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ايريك نيليس كروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eerik-Niiles_Kross"
    title: "Eerik-Niiles Kross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eerik-Niiles_Kross"
    title: "Eerik-Niiles Kross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eerik-Niiles_Kross"
    title: "Eerik-Niiles Kross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "اریک-نیلس کروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eerik-Niiles_Kross"
    title: "Eerik-Niiles Kross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%AD%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA-%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Кросс, Ээрик-Нийлес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3735691"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump