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Sven Mikser
Sven Mikser (born 8 November 1973) is an Estonian politician. Career As a member of the Estonian Centre Party from 2002 to 2003, Mikser served as the minister of defence in the Siim Kallas' cabinet. Mikser was the leader of the Social Democratic Party between 16 October 2010 and 30 May 2015. He has been the Minister of Defence since 26 March 2014 in Taavi Rõivas' first and second cabinets. On 23 November 2016 he assumed the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Jüri Ratas. Mikser was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. He has since been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Security and Defence. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the Parliament's delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. See also *List of foreign ministers in 2017 *List of current foreign ministers This is a list of current foreign ministers of the 193 United N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia (European Parliament Constituency)
Estonia is a European Parliament constituency for elections in the European Union covering the member state of Estonia. It is currently represented by seven Members of the European Parliament. The elections uses the D'Hondt method with an open list. Members of the European Parliament Elections 2004 The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Estonia had only joined the European Union earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state. The election took place on 13 June. The biggest winner was the Social Democratic Party. The governing Res Publica Party and People's Union polled poorly. The voter turnout In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford Unive ... in Estonia was one of the lowest of all memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Current Foreign Ministers
This is a list of current foreign ministers of the 193 United Nations member states as well as the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine. Foreign ministers of sovereign countries with limited recognition, some alternative governments, some dependent territories and some autonomous administrative divisions are included in separate tables. Generally recognised sovereign states Other states The following states control their territory and are recognized by at least one member state. The following states/governments control their territory, but are not recognized by any member states. Other governments These alternative governments are recognized as a sovereign state by at least one member. The alternative governments are not recognized by any member states. ''Sui generis'' entities Dependent territories Autonomous administrative divisions See also * :Lists of foreign ministers by year *Lists of office-holders * List of foreign ministers in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Foreign Ministers In 2017
This is a list of foreign ministers in 2017. Africa * *# Ramtane Lamamra (2013–2017) *# Abdelkader Messahel (2017–2019) * - *#Georges Rebelo Chicoti (2010–2017) *#Manuel Domingos Augusto (2017–2020) * - Aurélien Agbénonci (2016–present) * - Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi (2014–2018) * - Alpha Barry (2016–2021) * - Alain Aimé Nyamitwe (2015–2018) * - Lejeune Mbella Mbella (2015–present) * - Luís Felipe Tavares (2016–2021) * - Charles-Armel Doubane (2016–present) * - *#Moussa Faki (2008–2017) *#Hissein Brahim Taha (2017) *# Mahamat Zene Cherif (2017–2020) * - *# Mohamed Bacar Dossar (2016–2017) *# Mohamed El-Amine Souef (2017–2020) * - Jean-Claude Gakosso (2015–present) * - Léonard She Okitundu (2016–2019) * - Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (2005–present) * - Sameh Shoukry (2014–present) * - Agapito Mba Mokuy (2012–2018) * - Osman Saleh Mohammed (2007–present) * - Workneh Gebeyehu (2016–2019) * - *#Pacôme Moubelet-Boubeya (2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Founded in 1955, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) serves as the consultative interparliamentary organisation for the North Atlantic Alliance. Its current President is Gerald E. Connolly from the United States, elected in 2019. Its current Secretary General is Ruxandra Popa; she has been in this position since January 2020. History The idea to engage Alliance Parliamentarians in collective deliberations on the problems confronting the transatlantic partnership first emerged in the early 1950s and took shape with the creation of an annual conference of NATO parliamentarians in 1955. The Assembly's creation reflected a desire on the part of legislators to give substance to the premise of the Washington Treaty of 1949 (also known as the North Atlantic Treaty) that NATO was the practical expression of a fundamentally political transatlantic alliance of democracies. The foundation for cooperation between NATO and the NATO-PA was strengthened in December 1967 when the North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
The Euronest Parliamentary Assembly is the inter-parliamentary forum in which members of the European Parliament and the national parliaments of Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia participate and forge closer political and economic ties with the European Union. It was established in 2011 by the European Commission as a component of the Eastern Partnership. After the elections in Belarus in 2010 were declared as flawed by the OSCE, the membership of Belarus in Euronest was automatically suspended. Belarus is welcome to re-join the Assembly once political requirements have been fulfilled. In 2015, Azerbaijan's membership was suspended due to the European Union's criticism of human rights abuses by the government. In September 2016, it was announced that Azerbaijan would take the necessary steps towards restoring ties. As of 2017, the combined population of Euronest members (excluding Belarus and European Union members) stands at 61,927,521 people. Member states In addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subcommittee On Security And Defence
The Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament. It is responsible for European security and defence policy, including institutions, capabilities and operations, as well as developing relations with strategic partners and third countries. During the Ninth European Parliament (2019–2024), the committee has 30 members and is chaired by Nathalie Loiseau from France. Members As of 12 April 2022, the 30 members of the subcommittee are: Chairpersons References External linksOfficial webpage Security" \n\n\nsecurity.txt is a proposed standard for websites' security information that is meant to allow security researchers to easily report security vulnerabilities. The standard prescribes a text file called \"security.txt\" in the well known locat ... Subcommittees {{EU-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Parliament Committee On Foreign Affairs
The Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET, after the French name ‘Affaires étrangères’), previously called Political Affairs, is a committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for the common foreign, security, and defence policy of the European Union, as well as relations with other European and international institutions, strengthening relations with third countries, the accession of new member states, and human rights. During the Ninth European Parliament (2019–2024), the committee has 79 members and is chaired by David McAllister from Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... The committee has two subcommittees: the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE). Members As of 12 April 2022, the 79 memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 European Parliament Election In Estonia
An election for the Members of the European Parliament from Estonia took place on May 26, 2019. Due to the United Kingdom's impending withdrawal from the European Union and the redistribution of its European Parliament seats, the number of elected MEPs from Estonia is increased by one to seven. Opinion polls Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's color. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. Results Elected MEPs References {{European Parliament elections Estonia 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ... 2019 in Estonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of The European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its members were directly appointed by the governments of member states from among those already sitting in their own national parliaments. Since 1979, however, MEPs have been elected by direct universal suffrage. Earlier European organizations that were a precursor to the European Union did not have MEPs. Each member state establishes its own method for electing MEPs – and in some states this has changed over time – but the system chosen must be a form of proportional representation. Some member states elect their MEPs to represent a single national constituency; other states apportion seats to sub-national regions for election. They are sometimes referred to as delegates. They may also be known as observers when a new country is seekin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taavi Rõivas' Second Cabinet
Taavi Rõivas' second cabinet was the cabinet of Estonia, in office from 9 April 2015 to 23 November 2016. It is a coalition cabinet of liberal centre-right Estonian Reform Party, Social Democratic Party and conservative Pro Patria and Res Publica Union. History On 7 November 2016, the Social Democratic Party and Pro Patria and Res Publica Union announced that they were asking Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas to resign and were planning on negotiating a new majority government. The announcement came soon after the opposition had submitted a motion to express lack of confidence in Rõivas’ government. SDE and IRL proceeded to support the motion, leaving the Reform the only party to support Rõivas. Rõivas commented the situation by declining to resign and arguing that a democratically elected government should be only removed by a democratic vote. In the following vote of confidence on 9 November, the majority of Riigikogu voted in favor of removing the prime minister’s gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taavi Rõivas' First Cabinet
Taavi Rõivas' first cabinet was the cabinet of Estonia from to . It was a coalition cabinet of free market liberal Estonian Reform Party and Social Democratic Party. Ministers Resignations On 3 November 2014 Minister of Finance, Jürgen Ligi, resigned due of public pressure after scandalous Facebook post in which he insulted the Minister of Education and Research Jevgeni Ossinovski. On the same day Maris Lauri became the new Minister of Finance. Also on 3 November 2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Urmas Paet, resigned to become an MP in the European Parliament. See also *Politics of Estonia *Lists of office-holders These are lists of incumbents (individuals holding offices or positions), including heads of states or of subnational entities. A historical discipline, archontology, focuses on the study of past and current office holders. Incumbents may also ... References External linksOfficial Website of Estonian Government {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
