Merry Bullock (born 5 February 1950), is an American

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and explanation, interpretatio ...

. She studied at

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for her BA and

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for her

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, both in

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. She is currently Secretary-General of the International Council of Psychologists and co-chair of the Global Network of Psychologists for Human Rights. Formerly she was senior director of the

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychologists in the United States, and the largest psychological association in the world. It has over 170,000 members, including scientists, educators, clin ...

's (APA's) Office of International Affairs. In that role, she coordinated APA's representation at the

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. Bullock served as Deputy Secretary-General of the

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(IUPsyS), as editor for IUPsyS's web portal ''Psychology Resources Around the World'', and as associate editor for IUPsyS' International Journal of Psychology focusing on its ''International Platform''. She was formerly married to

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n president

Toomas Hendrik Ilves Toomas Hendrik Ilves (; born 26 December 1953) is an Estonian politician who served as the fourth president of Estonia from 2006 until 2016. Ilves worked as a diplomat and journalist, and he was the leader of the Social Democratic Party in the 1 ...

, with whom she had two children: son Luukas Kristjan (b. 1987) and daughter Juulia Kristiine (b. 1992).

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