Birth Date: | 3 September 1969 |
Birth Place: | Tallinn, Estonia |
Occupation: | Historian • Politician |
Office: | Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs |
Party: | Estonia 200 (since 2023) |
Office1: | Commissioner for Gender Equality and Equal Treatment |
Termstart1: | 3 July 2015 |
Termend1: | 1 July 2022 |
Term Start: | 23 July 2024 |
Primeminister: | Kristen Michal |
Predecessor: | Madis Timpson |
Liisa Pakosta | |
Birth Name: | Liisa-Ly Pakosta |
Office2: | Member of the Riigikogu |
Termstart2: | 9 November 2009 |
Termend2: | 3 July 2015 |
Successor1: | Christian Veske |
Predecessor1: | Mari-Liis Sepper |
Alma Mater: | University of Tartu Estonian Academy of Arts |
Otherparty: | Isamaa (2006–2023) |
Children: | 5 |
Liisa-Ly Pakosta (born 3 September 1969) is an Estonian politician. She is a member of the XV Riigikogu.[1]
Between 2015–2022 she was a Gender Equality and Equal Treatment Commissioner. She served as the Director-General of the National Heritage Board from July 1, 2022, to October 16 of the same year.[2] [3]
In the 2023 elections, she ran for the Riigikogu as a candidate for the Estonia 200 party and received 1,731 votes in electoral district number 2 (Tallinn Central, Lasnamäe, and Pirita districts), securing her election as a member of the Riigikogu.[4] She was a member of the party Isamaa.
She becomes minister of justice in the cabinet of Kristen Michal on 23 July 2024.