Meelis Kompus (born December 27, 1980, in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

) 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

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in 2003 in radio production (B.A.) and continued in

Tartu University The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a Public university, public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.Aktuaalne kaamera Aktuaalne kaamera (''"Current camera"''; abbreviated AK) is an Estonian television news program shown in Eesti Televisioon Eesti Televisioon (ETV) () is an Estonian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Estonian Public Broa ...

'', the evening news programme of

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, 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 Ministry of Culture of Estonia. He was involved with the 2017 Estonian Youth Song and Dance Festival as a script writer.

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