Ilves is running as a Latvian candidate for the 2019 European Parliament election.
She is the third place candidate for Development/For!, second on the list is Baiba Rubesa, the former CEO of Rail Baltica.She has worked as the head of unit for National Cyber Security Policy and Political Advisor to the State Secretary at the Ministry of Defence of Latvia.
She is founding member of different non-governmental organizations institutions focusing on the issues of security, democracy, and human rights.
In 2016 she served as First Lady of Estonia, until her husband Toomas Hendrik Ilves was succeeded by Kersti Kaljulaid in October 2016.