Urmas Paet

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Urmas Paet

MEP EU40 Board

Estonia

ALDE

Eesti Reformierakond

E-mail: [email protected]

EP Page: http://bit.ly/1MMv8LK

Website: http://urmaspaet.eu/

Twitter: @Urmaspaet

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urmas.paet?fref=ts

Committees:

Committee on Budgets

Committee on Regional Development, Substitute

Delegations:

Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan, EU-Uzbekistan and EU-Tajikistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and for relations with Turkmenistan and Mongolia

Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, Substitute

Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Substitute

Date and place of birth:

20 April 1974, Tallinn

Education:

1996 University of Tartu, Political Science

1996 University of Tartu, Master’s degree in Political Science

Further education:

1996 University of Oslo, Master’s Programme in International Relations

Foreign languages:

Russian, English & German

Party membership:

Estonian Reform Party

Career:

November 2014 – until now Member of the European Parliament

April 2005–November 2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs

2003–2005 Minister of Culture

1999–2003 Nõmme District Elder, Tallinn

1999–1999 Estonian Reform Party, adviser

1998–1999 Postimees Ltd., news office, senior editor and political journalist

1994–1998 Postimees Ltd., news office, reporter

1993–1994 Estonian Radio, news office, editor

1991–1992 Estonian Radio, editorial office for foreign news, editor