Member of the Riigikogu

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My aim in politics is to defend our sovereignty, and to safeguard and develop Estonia as a nation state where it is safe for people to live and to realise their potential.

Isamaa Parliamentary Group
State Budget Control Select Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee
Electoral district: Harjumaa and Raplamaa

Telefon+372 6316449
E-posturmas.reinsalu@riigikogu.ee

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Urmas Reinsalu

Harju County and Rapla County Electoral District

22 June 1975, Tallinn
Married, two children

Education: Tallinn Secondary School No. 37 in 1993; University of Tartu, law (equivalent to Master’s degree) 1997

Career: Ministry of Justice, Specialist 1996–1997; Office of the President of the Republic: Domestic Policy Adviser 1997–1998, Director 1998–2001; Political Party Res Publica, Political Secretary 2001–2002; Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, Lecturer 2001–2002; Minister of Defence 2012–2014; Minister of Justice 2015–2019; Minister of Foreign Affairs 2019–2021, 2022–2023

Party affiliation: National Coalition Party Isamaa (Pro Patria) / Res Publica / Pro Patria and Res Publica Union / Isamaa 1992–, Chair

Membership in representative bodies: 10^th Riigikogu (Chair of Constitutional Committee), 11^th Riigikogu (Deputy Chair of Parliamentary Group 2007–2009, Chair of Social Affairs Committee 2009–2011), 12^th Riigikogu (Chair of Parliamentary Group 2011–2012, 2014–2015), 13^th Riigikogu, 14^th Riigikogu (Chair of State Budget Control Select Committee 2021–2022), 15^th Riigikogu (Chair of State Budget Control Select Committee); Tallinn City Council 2002–2003, 2021– 2022, also elected 2009 and 2013

Awards: Commander of the Greek Order of the Phoenix 1999; Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2000; Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France 2001; Grand Cross of Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania 2013; Commander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 2014

Other activities: Member of Estonian Real Property Owners Central Union and Estonian Lawyers’ Union;
collection “Urmas Reinsalu: sõnavõtud ajaveebis, meedias ja avalikkuses” (“Urmas Reinsalu: Comments in Blog, Media, and Public”) 2009; autobiography “Välisminister” (“Minister of Foreign Affairs”) 2021, book “Noateral. Ukraina sõja aasta Eestis ja maailmas. Välisministri vaade” (“On the Knife’s Edge. Ukrainian War in Estonia and in the World. View of a Foreign Minister”) 2023

Hobbies: literature

12.06.2023

Draft legislation led

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Draft legislation initiated

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Comments

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Interpellations

07.02.2024 Riikliku tähtsusega kultuuriehitiste rahastamise kohta
05.02.2024 Eestist lähtuva Venemaaga seotud äritegevuse kohta Ukraina sõja ajal
12.09.2023 Automaksu kehtestamise plaani kohta (tagasi võetud 15.01.2024)
22.05.2023 Riigi alustalade lõhkumise kohta
11.05.2023 Valeliku poliitika kohta (tagastatud esitajatele)

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Written questions

28.06.2023 Vene kodanike piiriületuste kohta
28.06.2023 Elektrivõrgu sünkroniseerimise kohta Euroopa võrguga
28.06.2023 Kaitsevõime kohta
28.06.2023 Kurjategijatele Eesti kodakondsuse andmise kohta
10.01.2022 Rail Balticust

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Votings

All votes

The attendance check information only shows who were present or absent at the moment of attendance check and not during the whole day of the sitting.

18.04.2024 / 10:07	AbsentAbsent	Extending the working time
18.04.2024 / 10:00	AbsentAbsent	Attendance check
17.04.2024 / 23:35	AbsentAbsent	Rejection	Riigivaraseaduse ja maakatastriseaduse muutmise seadus
17.04.2024 / 22:54	AbsentAbsent	Final vote	Riigikogu otsus „Ettepaneku tegemine Vabariigi Valitsusele esitada Riigikogule elektri tootmisvõimsuste ja elektrivõrkude arendamise tegevuskava energiakindluse tagamiseks Eestis"
17.04.2024 / 22:43	AbsentAbsent	Suspension of the second reading	Riigikogu valimise seaduse muutmise ja sellega seonduvalt teiste seaduste muutmise seadus
17.04.2024 / 22:26	AbsentAbsent	67. motion to amend	Riigikogu valimise seaduse muutmise ja sellega seonduvalt teiste seaduste muutmise seadus
17.04.2024 / 22:20	AbsentAbsent	16. motion to amend	Riigikogu valimise seaduse muutmise ja sellega seonduvalt teiste seaduste muutmise seadus

Associations

Democratic Belarus Support Group, Farmers and Rural Life Support Group, Volunteer Rescue Service Support Group, Defence League Support Group, Home Owners and Taxpayers Support Group, Higher Education Support Group, Rapla County Support Group, Victims and Freedom Fighters of Repression Support Group, Estonian Diaspora Support Group, Forest Brothers Tradition and Forest Brothers’ Families Support Group, Forestry Support Group, Families and Demography Support Group, Nordic Countries Support Group, Local Governments and Regional Policy Support Group

Parliamentary groups

Estonia-Morocco parliamentary friendship group, Estonia-Austria parliamentary friendship group, Estonia-Armenia parliamentary friendship group, Estonia-Poland parliamentary friendship group, Estonia-Romania parliamentary friendship group, Estonia-India parliamentary friendship group, Estonia-Thailand parliamentary friendship group, Estonia-Azerbaijan parliamentary friendship group, Estonia-Türkiye Parliamentary Friendship Group, Estonia-Ukraine parliamentary friendship group

Riigikogu

Urmas Reinsalu