Oliver Loode

Oliver Loode (born March 19, 1974, in Tallinn) is an Estonian human rights activist[1] of the international Finno-Ugric movement[2] and Member of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) for the term 2014–2016.

[3] In 2011–2013 Oliver Loode represented Estonia in the Youth Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples (MAFUN).

Since 2014, Oliver Loode serves as Expert Member of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), nominated by Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

[2] In June 2024, the Russian government added the URALIC Centre of Indigenous Peoples, an organization Loode founded, to a list of extremist groups operating in Russia.

[8] Oliver Loode graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1997 with a Bachelor of Sciences in Economics degree (Magna Cum Laude).