Ivari Padar (born 12 March 1965
) is an

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n politician. He is a former

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, Minister of Agriculture and chairman of the

Estonian Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party ( et, Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond, SDE) is a centre-left political party in Estonia. It is currently led by Lauri Läänemets. The party was formerly known as the Moderate People's Party ( et, Rahvaerakond Mõõduka ...

.Profile
Social Democratic Party website; accessed 14 March 2015.. Padar was born in Navi, Võru Parish, Võru.CV at Estonian government website
He was Deputy Mayor of

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from 1993 to 1994, Executive Chairman of the Võru Farmers Union from 1994 to 1995, and Assistant to the Chancellor at the Finance Ministry from 1995 to 1997. He was Minister of Agriculture from 1999 to 2002, Chairman of Võru City Council from 2002 to 2005, and a member of the X, XI,

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and

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. In April 2007 he became Minister of Finance. He led the Social Democratic Party from 2003 to 2009. Padar was a

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for Estonia from 2009 until 2014 and from 2017 until 2019. In parliament, he served on the

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(2009-2014) and the

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(2017-2019). In addition to his political work, Padar is a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group.

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Judoka

Martin Padar Martin Padar (born 11 April 1979 in Tallinn) is an Estonian judoka, who has competed in the men's half heavyweight (-100 kg), but now competes in the heavyweight (+100 kg) category. A former European champion, he has also competed at ...

is Ivari Padar's cousin.

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1965 births Living people People from Võru Parish Social Democratic Party (Estonia) politicians Finance ministers of Estonia Agriculture ministers of Estonia Government ministers of Estonia Members of the Riigikogu, 2003–2007 Members of the Riigikogu, 2007–2011 Members of the Riigikogu, 2015–2019 Members of the Riigikogu, 2019–2023 Leaders of political parties in Estonia Social Democratic Party (Estonia) MEPs MEPs for Estonia 2009–2014 MEPs for Estonia 2014–2019 Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd Class University of Tartu alumni 20th-century Estonian politicians 21st-century Estonian politicians {{Estonia-MEP-stub

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