Siim Kabrits (born 4 July 1979 in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

), is 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 and entrepreneur, and a former member of the

Riigikogu The Riigikogu (; from Estonian ''riigi-'', of the state, and ''kogu'', assembly) is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation, the Parliament appoints high officials, including the Prime Minister and Chief Jus ...

. Kabrits graduated from Tõrva High School in 1997. In 2000 he graduated the Tallinn School of Economics and he got economic law profession. In 2007 he graduated from the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

Institute of Law with a Bachelor's degree. From 2007-2012 he was Member of the Supervisory Board of KredEx SA (Credit and Export Agency). Currently he is a member of the Supervisory Board at Gambling Tax Council and at the Environmental Investment Centre Kabrits is a member of the

Pro Patria and Res Publica Union Isamaa is a Christian-democratic and national-conservative political party in Estonia. It was founded on 4 June 2006 under the name of "Pro Patria and Res Publica Union", by the merger of two conservative parties, Pro Patria Union and Res Publica ...

(IRL) from 14 May 1999. He was a council member of the IRL and the IRL's

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

city center department chairman. In 2009 he was a candidate in municipal elections in Tallinn and he became a member of the Tallinn city council (2009-2011). 2011th parliamentary elections he gained 980 votes and became a substitute member of parliament when

Helir-Valdor Seeder Helir-Valdor Seeder (born 7 September 1964) is an Estonian politician. He is a member of the parliament, current chairman of the Isamaa and served as Minister of Agriculture from 2007 to 2014. Seeder has a master's degree in economics from the Est ...

went to serve as Minister of Agriculture. He was the Chairman of the

Mulgimaa Support Group.

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Permitgate Investigators Find No Rental Connection to Kabrits
ERR News, 1/17/2012 Isamaa politicians Living people Politicians from Tartu 1979 births Members of the Riigikogu, 2011–2015 University of Tartu alumni 21st-century Estonian politicians {{Estonia-politician-stub