{"id":258122,"date":"2026-09-14T12:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T09:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/?p=258122"},"modified":"2026-09-14T14:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:40:39","slug":"peeter-tali-became-the-chairman-of-the-national-defence-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/pressiteated\/peeter-tali-became-the-chairman-of-the-national-defence-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Peeter Tali became the Chairman of the National Defence Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the National Defence Committee of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) elected <strong>Peeter Tali<\/strong> as the Chairman of the Committee. <strong>Leo Kunnas<\/strong>. will continue as the Deputy Chairman of the National Defence Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The extraordinary elections of the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the National Defence Committee were brought about by the transfer of <strong>Kalev Stoicescu<\/strong> to the Rural Affairs Committee. 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