Reinsalu, Urmas

Urmas Rainsalu
Urmas Rainsalu
	Urmas reinsalu
	from April 9, 2015
Head of the government	Taavi Rõivas
Predecessor	Andres Anvelt
	May 11, 2012 - March 26, 2014
Head of the government	Andrus Ansip ,; Taavi Rõivas
Predecessor	Mart Laar
Successor	Sven Mixer
Birth	May 22, 1975 (44 years old); Tallinn , Estonian SSR , USSR
The consignment	Union of the Fatherland and Res Publica
Education	University of Tartu
Awards

Urmas Reinsalu (born June 22, 1975 , Tallinn ) is an Estonian statesman and Minister of Justice of Estonia (since April 9, 2015).

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Biography

Urmas Reinsalu was born on June 22, 1975 in Tallinn . In 1993 he graduated from Tallinn 37th Secondary School , in 1997 from the University of Tartu at the Faculty of Law.

Since 1992, he has been a member of the Res Publica party , and after merging with the party, Isamaaliyt is an active member of the IRL union. In 2004, he headed the electoral list of the Res Publica party in the European Parliament elections , but was not elected ^[1] . The party gained only 6.7% of the total number of votes in the election ^[2] . The election result led the party to disappear from the political scene of the country. However, this did not prevent Reinsal from becoming party leader in 2012. He left the post in 2015.

On May 11, 2012, President of the Republic Toomas Hendrik Ilves proclaimed Reinsalu the Minister of Defense ^[3] , and two days later, on May 14 , he took the oath of office to the members of the Riigikogu ^[4] .

Reinsalu is a member of Kaitseliit , the Central Union of Estonian Owners and the Estonian Bar Association ^[5] . He speaks Estonian, English, German, Russian and Finnish ^[5] .

Urmas Reinsalu is married, has two daughters - Liisbeth and Elsbeth ^[5] .

Career

Rheinsalu (2014)

1996-1997 Specialist at the Ministry of Justice in the open legal field.
1996-1997 An expert in the constitutional legal commission under the government of the Republic of Estonia.
1997-1998 Advisor to the President of the Republic on domestic policy.
1998-2001 Director of the State Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Estonia.
2002 Chairman of the Council of the Res Publica Party.
2002-2003 Lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Homeland Security .
2003-2007 Member of the Riigikogu of the X convocation.
2007-2011 Member of the 11th Riigikogu.
2011-2012 Member of the 12th Riigikogu.
2012 Chairman of the IRL Party.
2012-2014 Minister of Defense of Estonia.
2015 Minister of Justice of Estonia.

Statements

On July 14, 2012 in Kuressaare, at the rally of the “Union of Freedom Fighters”, as the veterans of the 20th Estonian SS Division are called in Estonia, Reinsalu expressed appreciation to them and stated that their “contribution, which was based on the principle of legal succession, was crucial for Republic of Estonia and at the same time saved the honor of our people ” ^[6] . This statement caused outrage both within Estonia and abroad ^[7] . Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said: “ Carrying out events aimed at glorifying the former SS men and local collaborators cannot be regarded as the deliberate planting of pro-Nazi sentiments in Estonian society and frank mockery at the memory of those who, at the cost of their lives, saved the world from the“ brown plague “. His gratitude to the fascist minions for “saving the honor of the Estonian people” is another confirmation of the purposeful myth-making of official Tallinn regarding the events of the Second World War ” ^[7] .

Notes

↑ Valimised 2004 :: erakonnad.info ( unopened ) . // erakonnad.info. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012. (est.)
↑ Euroopa Parlamendi valimised: kuidas läks esimesel korral? (unspecified) . // kesknadal.ee. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012. (est.)
↑ President Ilves appointed Urmas Reinsala as Minister of Defense (Neopr.) . // rus.delfi.ee. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012.
↑ Defense Minister Rainsalu took the oath of office (neopr.) . // rus.postimees.ee. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012.
↑ ¹ ² ³ Urmas Reinsalu ( unopened ) (inaccessible link) . // valitsus.ee. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012. (est.)
↑ Reinsalu insists that Nazi collaborators fought for the liberation of Estonia (neopr.) . // rus.postimees.ee. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012.
↑ ¹ ² The Russian Foreign Ministry is indignant at the statement of Reinsalu about the rally of the Estonian Union of Freedom Fighters (unopened) . // rus.delfi.ee. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012.

Links

[1] Valimised 2004 :: erakonnad.info ( unopened ) . // erakonnad.info. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012. (est.)

[2] Euroopa Parlamendi valimised: kuidas läks esimesel korral? (unspecified) . // kesknadal.ee. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012. (est.)

[3] President Ilves appointed Urmas Reinsala as Minister of Defense (Neopr.) . // rus.delfi.ee. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012.

[4] Defense Minister Rainsalu took the oath of office (neopr.) . // rus.postimees.ee. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012.

[Kaitseministeerium-5] ¹ ² ³ Urmas Reinsalu ( unopened ) (inaccessible link) . // valitsus.ee. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012. (est.)

[6] Reinsalu insists that Nazi collaborators fought for the liberation of Estonia (neopr.) . // rus.postimees.ee. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012.

[MVD-7] ¹ ² The Russian Foreign Ministry is indignant at the statement of Reinsalu about the rally of the Estonian Union of Freedom Fighters (unopened) . // rus.delfi.ee. Date of treatment August 4, 2012. Archived October 1, 2012.