Igor Taro (1 August 1981) is an Estonian journalist and

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, who is the current

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. He previously served as a member of the XV Riigikogu.

Biography

Taro was born in

Võru Võru (; ; ) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish. History Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, at the request of the Empress Catherine II of Russia, by the o ...

. In 1999, he graduated from Võru Kreutzwald Gymnasium. He completed his studies in journalism at

Moscow State University Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University,. is a public university, public research university in Moscow, Russia. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments, a ...

. Throughout his career as a journalist, Igor Taro has worked as a Moscow correspondent for ''

Õhtuleht ''Õhtuleht'' (''Evening Paper'') is the largest daily newspaper in Estonia. It is a tabloid newspaper. The newspaper is published in Tallinn in Estonian. History and profile ''Õhtuleht'' was established in 1944. On 3 July 2000 two rival tabl ...

'', an editor for foreign news at the newspaper ''

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'', and an editor at the newspaper Setomaa. Starting from 2010, he worked as the Võru and Põlvamaa correspondent for Estonian Public Broadcasting (

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). In January 2015, he left his job at Estonian Public Broadcasting and ran for the

Riigikogu The Riigikogu (, from Estonian ''riigi-'', "of the state", and ''kogu'', "assembly") is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation, the Parliament appoints high officials, including the prime minister and chi ...

on the IRL (now

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) party's list. He ran in electoral district number 11, which covers

, Valga, and

Põlva Põlva (; ) is a town in southeastern Estonia, the county seat of Põlva County, and the centre of Põlva Parish. Põlva is home for the Intsikurmu Music Festival Grounds, which regularly hosts concerts and summer activities, situated in a sm ...

counties, and received 1,202 votes but was not elected. From 2015, he worked as the tourism coordinator at Võrumaa Development Agency and as the marketing and communications manager at AS Värska Sanatorium. From 1 July 2016 to 25 October 2017, he was the County Governor of Põlva. In October 2017, he was elected as a member of the Põlva municipal council. Following the discontinuation of county governments, he resigned from the position of governor. In the 2023 Riigikogu elections, Igor Taro ran as a candidate for

Estonia 200 Estonia 200 (, E200) is a liberal political party in Estonia. Since 2024, the party has been a junior partner in the Michal cabinet. History Formation and 2019 elections In 2017, the initiators of the movement began discussing Estonia's ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taro, Igor 1981 births Living people Estonian journalists Estonia 200 politicians Isamaa politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 2023–2027 Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class People from Võru Politicians from Võru County Moscow State University alumni