Jüri Pihl | |
Office: | Minister of the Interior |
Primeminister: | Andrus Ansip |
Term Start: | 5 April 2007 |
Term End: | 21 May 2009 |
Predecessor: | Kalle Laanet |
Successor: | Marko Pomerants |
Birth Date: | 17 March 1954 |
Birth Place: | Kuressaare, Estonia |
Party: | Social Democratic Party |
Alma Mater: | University of Tartu[1] |
Jüri Pihl (17 March 1954 – 3 February 2019) was an Estonian politician,[2] a member of the Social Democratic Party.
From 1993 to 2003 he served as the General Director of Kaitsepolitsei, the central security institution in Estonia. After that, from 2003 to 2005 he was the Attorney General of the Republic of Estonia.
From 5 April 2007 to 21 May 2009 he was the Minister of the Interior[2] in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip. He was dismissed when the Social Democratic Party decided to leave the coalition.
From 7 March 2009 to 16 October 2010 he was the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party.