Heidy Purga | |
Office: | Minister of Culture |
Term Start: | 17 April 2023 |
Primeminister: | Kaja Kallas |
Predecessor: | Piret Hartman |
Birth Date: | 18 March 1975 |
Birth Place: | Tartu, Estonia |
Party: | Reform |
Alma Mater: | Tallinn University Concordia International University Estonia |
Heidy Purga (born 18 March 1975) is an Estonian radio and television presenter, television director, journalist and politician. She has been a member of the XIII Riigikogu and XIV Riigikogu.[1]
Purga was sworn in as Minister of Culture in the third cabinet of Kaja Kallas on 17 April 2023.[2] [3] [4]
From 1994 to 1996 she studied theatre director discipline at Tallinn University. In 2002 she graduated from Concordia International University Estonia in electronic media.[1]
She have been the presenter, producer and editor of several television and radio channels. From 2008 to 2015 she was the producer for song contest Eesti Laul.[1]
Since 2014 she is a member of Estonian Reform Party.[1]