Katrin Saks Explained

Katrin Saks
Office:Minister of Population and Ethnic Affairs
Primeminister:Mart Laar
Term Start:1999
Term End:2002
Predecessor:Andra Veidemann
Successor:Eldar Efendijev
Birth Date:29 November 1956
Birth Place:Tallinn, Estonia
Party:Social Democratic Party

Katrin Saks (born 29 November 1956 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician[1] and journalist. From 1999 to 2002, she was Minister of Population Affairs in the cabinet of Mart Laar. She was the vice-chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party from 2005 to 2010. In October 2006 she became Member of the European Parliament, replacing Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who had been elected President of Estonia. She lost her seat in the 2009 European election, but shortly regained it, when on 7 April 2014 she replaced Ivari Padar who became Estonian Minister for Agriculture, until in July she was succeeded by Marju Lauristin following the 2014 European election. As of 2011, she is a director of Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School.

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rapporteur on Finno-Ugric peoples in the Russian Federation (2003–2006)

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  1. Web site: 7th parliamentary term Katrin SAKS MEPs European Parliament. 2022-02-06. www.europarl.europa.eu. 29 November 1956 . en.