Maris Lauri (born 1 January 1966) is an Estonian politician, former Minister of Justice and a member of the Reform Party. She was the Minister of Finance in Taavi Rõivas's

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from November 2014 to April 2015 and later as the Minister of Education and Research in 2016. Before her nomination, Lauri worked as the adviser for the Prime Minister. Previously she has worked as the head economist of

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and for the Bank of Estonia. Lauri was chosen to the Riigikogu in the 2015 election with 4,019 personal votes. She was elected again to the Riigikogu in 2019.

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