Meelis Kompus (born December 27, 1980, in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

) is an Estonian civil servant and former

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n TV and radio host, employed by the

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. He has graduated from the

Tallinn University Tallinn University (TLU; et, Tallinna Ülikool, ''TLÜ'') is a public research university in Estonia. Located in the centre of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, Tallinn University is one of the three largest institutions of higher education ...

in 2003 in radio production (B.A.) and continued in Tartu University, where he received the M.A. in cultural management in 2012. At the age of 27, he became a news anchor of ''

Aktuaalne kaamera Aktuaalne kaamera (abbreviated AK) is an Estonian television news program shown in Eesti Televisioon. They first broadcast on March 11, 1956, which makes AK the oldest continuously running television program in Estonia. Since October 1958, AK broad ...

'', the evening news programme of Estonian Television, thus being among the youngest ever in that job. He resigned in 2013 to start working in government affairs. Since 2014, Kompus is serving as the head of communications and spokesperson of the

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. He was involved with the 2017

Estonian Youth Song and Dance Festival The Estonian Youth Song and Dance Festival ( et, Eesti noorte laulu- ja tantsupidu) is an Estonian youth festival which takes place in Tallinn, Estonia. The festival is a mini-variant of the Estonian Song Festival The Estonian Song Festi ...

as a script writer.

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