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Lauri Läänemets
Estonian politician (born 1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lauri Läänemets (born 31 January 1983) is an Estonian politician. He is currently Minister of Interior Affairs and was a member of XIV Riigikogu.[1]
Lauri Läänemets | |
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![]() Läänemets in 2022 | |
Minister of the Interior | |
Assumed office 18 July 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Kaja Kallas |
Preceded by | Kalle Laanet (acting) |
Leader of the Estonian Social Democratic Party | |
Assumed office 5 February 2022 | |
Preceded by | Indrek Saar |
Member of the Riigikogu | |
Assumed office 13 June 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1983-01-31) 31 January 1983 (age 41) Tallinn, Estonia |
Political party | Estonian Social Democratic Party |
Children | 1 |
In 2007 he graduated from Tallinn University in recreation management.[1]
From 2013 to 2017 he was mayor of the Väätsa Rural Municipality.[1]
Since 2010, he has been a member of the Estonian Social Democratic Party.[1]
Lauri Läänemets was elected chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDE) on 5 February 2022 by party members at the General Assembly.[2]
In December 2023, Läänemets's car windows were smashed. Authorities later announced that the suspects were part of a coordinated “hybrid operation” by Russian intelligence to conduct sabotage and destabilization against the Estonian state.[3]
In March 2024, Läänemets was placed on a wanted list by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs under "article of the criminal code".[4] Russian law enforcement agencies later clarified Läänemets was placed on the wanted list due to destruction of Soviet monuments.[5] A similar criminal charge was placed on Kaja Kallas, the Prime Minister of Estonia.[6]