General information
I have worked as the manager of an agricultural enterprise, a rural municipality mayor, a city mayor and the Minister of Rural Affairs. Development of local governments and creation of jobs are the issues that are important to me. I wish that life in rural areas would develop, that farmers would feel equal with the farmers of other European Union countries, that people would not leave Estonia, and that salaries and pensions would be adequate to provide subsistence.
Electoral district:
Seniority in days:
3536
Date of birth:
03.12.1953
Place of birth:
Kioma Village, Põlva Rural Municipality, Põlva County, Estonia
Family:
Divorced, two sons and one daughter, three grandchildren
Education:
Tihemetsa Technical School, mechanisation 1974;
Estonian University of Life Sciences, agricultural economist 2007
Estonian University of Life Sciences, agricultural economist 2007
Career:
OÜ Põlva Agro, workshop manager 1976–1991;
Põlva Rural Municipality District Mayor 1991–1993;
Põlva Rural Municipality Mayor 1993–1999;
Mayor of Põlva 1999–2011;
Minister of Rural Affairs 2016–2019
Põlva Rural Municipality District Mayor 1991–1993;
Põlva Rural Municipality Mayor 1993–1999;
Mayor of Põlva 1999–2011;
Minister of Rural Affairs 2016–2019
Party affiliation:
Estonian Centre Party 2002–
Membership in representative bodies:
12th Riigikogu (Deputy Chairman of Constitutional Committee 2014–2015), 13th Riigikogu (Deputy Chairman of Finance Committee 2015–2016, Chairman of faction 2016), 14th Riigikogu (Chairman of Rural Affairs Committee);
Põlva Rural Municipality Council 2019–2021, also elected in 2013;
elected to Põlva City Council 1999-2009
Põlva Rural Municipality Council 2019–2021, also elected in 2013;
elected to Põlva City Council 1999-2009
Awards:
Order of Orange-Nassau of the Netherlands 2018;
Põlva County Coat-of-Arms Badge 2018
Põlva County Coat-of-Arms Badge 2018
Hobbies:
sports, pets, gardening