Jüri Mõis (born 25 October 1956 in
Pärnu
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) is an
Estonia
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politician
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and businessman, who was
mayor
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of
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 ...
between November 1999 and June 2001, and who was the
Minister of the Interior
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between 25 March and 5 November 1999. He is one of the three founders of
Hansapank
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.
References
1956 births
Living people
Mayors of Tallinn
People from Pärnu
Ministers of the interior of Estonia
21st-century Estonian politicians
Members of the Riigikogu, 1999–2003
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