Jüri Pihl (17 March 1954 – 3 February 2019) was an

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, a ...

n politician, a member of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

. From 1993 to 2003 he served as the General Director of

Kaitsepolitsei The Estonian Internal Security Service ( et, Kaitsepolitsei, officially et, Kaitsepolitseiamet, KaPo for short) is a central national security institution of Republic of Estonia. Its purposes are centered on enforcing constitutional order. Th ...

, 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 An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

in the second cabinet of Prime Minister

Andrus Ansip Andrus Ansip (; born 1 October 1956) is an Estonian politician, a member of the European Parliament, the former European Commissioner for Digital Single Market and Vice President of the European Commission, in office from 2014 until 2019. Previo ...

. 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.

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Profile at the Estonian Ministry of the Interior
1954 births 2019 deaths People from Kuressaare Recipients of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class III Leaders of political parties in Estonia Ministers of the Interior of Estonia Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class {{Estonia-politician-stub