Rainer Vakra (born 10 March 1981 in

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

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n politician. He has been a member of XII and

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 ...

. In 2002 he graduated from

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in environmental management. From 2005 to 2011 he was the elder of

Nõmme Nõmme ( Estonian for ' heath') is one of the eight administrative districts () of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 39,422 () and covers an area of , population density is . The district is largely a middle-class, suburban ...

District. From 2005 to 2012 he was a member of

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and from 2013 to 2021 he was a member of

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. Rainer Vakra's maternal grandfather was racing driver Enn Griffel.

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Living people 1981 births Social Democratic Party (Estonia) politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 2011–2015 Members of the Riigikogu, 2015–2019 Tallinn University alumni Politicians from Tallinn {{Estonia-2015-Riigikogu-politician-stub