Andres Anvelt
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Andres Anvelt (born on 30 September 1969
Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...
) is an
Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
n politician and writer. He belonged to
Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ...
until 2019. 2003-2006 he was director of Estonian Academy of Security Sciences Police College (). 2011-2015 he was member of
XII Riigikogu XII Riigikogu was the twelfth legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu The Riigikogu (, from Estonian ''riigi-'', "of the state", and ''kogu'', "assembly") is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legisla ...
. And thereafter member of
XIII Riigikogu XIII Riigikogu was the thirteenth legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu The Riigikogu (, from Estonian ''riigi-'', "of the state", and ''kogu'', "assembly") is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legi ...
. 2014–2015 he was judicial minister of Estonia (). He is the grandson of communist revolutionary
Jaan Anvelt Jaan Anvelt (also known by the pseudonyms Eessaare Aadu, Jaan Holm, Jaan Hulmu, Kaarel Maatamees, Onkel Kaak; in Russian or ; 18 April 1884 – 11 December 1937), was an Estonian Bolshevik revolutionary and writer. He served the Russian SFSR, ...
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Andres Anvelt at Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary
1969 births Living people Politicians from Tallinn Writers from Tallinn Social Democratic Party (Estonia) politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 2011–2015 Agriculture ministers of Estonia Justice ministers of Estonia Ministers of the interior of Estonia University of Tartu alumni Tallinn University of Technology alumni Members of the Riigikogu, 2015–2019 21st-century Estonian writers {{Estonia-2015-Riigikogu-politician-stub