Marko Pomerants (born 24 September 1964) 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 ...

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. He was the

Minister of the Environment An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of the environment) is a cabinet position charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation. The areas associated with the duties of a ...

in 2015–2017. Previously, Pomerants has served as the Minister of Social Affairs from 2003 to 2005 and as the

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

from 2009 to 2012. Pomerants is a member of the

Pro Patria and Res Publica Union Isamaa () is a Christian democratic and national conservative political party in Estonia. It was founded on 4 June 2006 under the name of "Pro Patria and Res Publica Union", by the merger of two conservative parties, Pro Patria Union and Res ...

Early life

Marko Pomerants went to Tamsalu High School and completed higher education at the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

. He has degrees in geology and public administration.

Political career

Pomerants began his political career in the

Lääne-Viru County Lääne-Viru County ( or ''Lääne-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, ''lääne'' means western and ''ida'' means east or eastern. Lääne-Viru borders Id ...

Environmental Department in 1994. A year later he became the Governor () of the county and served for eight years. In 2003, he was a member of the 10th

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 10 April 2003, Pomerants was appointed Minister of Social Affairs, serving until 13 April 2005. From 2007 to 2009, he was a member of the 11th Riigikogu. From 2009 to 2011, Pomerants served as the

. In 2015 parliamentary elections, Pomerants was re-elected to the Riigikogu with 2,681 individual votes. On 9 April 2015, he became the

Taavi Rõivas Taavi Rõivas (; born 26 September 1979) is an Estonian politician, former Prime Minister of Estonia from 2014 to 2016 and former leader of the Reform Party. Before his term as the Prime Minister, Rõivas was the Minister of Social Affairs from ...

' second cabinet.

References

1964 births Living people People from Tapa Parish Politicians from Lääne-Viru County Isamaa politicians Government ministers of Estonia Environment ministers of Estonia Members of the Riigikogu, 2003–2007 Members of the Riigikogu, 2007–2011 Members of the Riigikogu, 2011–2015 Members of the Riigikogu, 2015–2019 20th-century Estonian politicians Ministers of the interior of Estonia {{Estonia-2015-Riigikogu-politician-stub