Sven Mikser | |
Constituency Mp: | Estonia |
Term Start: | 2 July 2019[1] [2] |
Parliament: | European |
Office1: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Primeminister1: | Jüri Ratas |
Term Start1: | 23 November 2016 |
Term End1: | 29 April 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Jürgen Ligi |
Successor1: | Urmas Reinsalu |
Office2: | Minister of Defence |
Primeminister2: | Taavi Rõivas |
Term Start2: | 26 March 2014 |
Term End2: | 14 September 2015 |
Predecessor2: | Urmas Reinsalu |
Successor2: | Hannes Hanso |
Primeminister3: | Siim Kallas |
Term Start3: | 28 January 2002 |
Term End3: | 10 April 2003 |
Predecessor3: | Jüri Luik |
Successor3: | Margus Hanson |
Office4: | Leader of the Social Democratic Party |
Term Start4: | 16 October 2010 |
Term End4: | 30 May 2015 |
Predecessor4: | Jüri Pihl |
Successor4: | Jevgeni Ossinovski |
Birth Date: | 8 November 1973 |
Birth Place: | Tartu, Estonia |
Alma Mater: | University of Tartu |
Sven Mikser (born 8 November 1973) is an Estonian politician.
As a member of the Estonian Centre Party from 2002 to 2003, Mikser served as the minister of defence in the Siim Kallas' cabinet.
Mikser was the leader of the Social Democratic Party between 16 October 2010 and 30 May 2015.[3] He has been the Minister of Defence since 26 March 2014 in Taavi Rõivas' first and second cabinets.[4] On 23 November 2016 he assumed the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Jüri Ratas.[5]
Mikser was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[6] He has since been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Security and Defence. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the Parliament's delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
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