Urve Palo (born 10 July 1972) is an

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n economist and politician, a member of the

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. Palo was born in

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. From April 2007 until May 2009, she served as

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. She also served as the Minister of Entrepreneurship in

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from 9 April 2015, but resigned on 31 August while being disappointed with the coalition with the Reform Party. In November 2016, the coalition led by Rõivas fell apart and a new coalition was formed by Center Party, SDE and IRL. On 23 November 2016, Palo was nominated as the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology. Palo continued in her position until July 2018, when she submitted her resignation while stating that she would leave politics at the end of her term in Riigikogu. In 2010, Palo participated as a celebrity contestant on the fourth season of ''

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,'' the Estonian version of '' Dancing with the Stars''. Her professional dancing partner was Aleksandr Makarov.

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