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Marko Pomerants
A caucasoid man with greying hair in a dark suit stands in front of several bomb disposal robots.Marko Pomerants in 2010.
Estonian Minister of Internal Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 4, 2009 (2009-06-04)
Preceded byJüri Pihl
Member of Riigikogu
In office
2003 (2003); 2005 (2005) – 2009 (2009)
Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
In office
2003 (2003)–2005 (2005)
Preceded bySiiri Oviir
Succeeded byJaak Aab
Governer of Lääne-Viru County
In office
1995 (1995)–2003 (2003)
Preceded byAnts Leemets
Succeeded byRiina Kaptein
Personal details
Born (1964-09-24) 24 September 1964 (age 60)
Tamsalu, Estonia
Alma materTartu University (1989, 2002)

Marko Pomerants (born 24 September 1964 in Tamsalu, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia) is the Estonian Minister of the Interior and sits on the Government Security Committee in that capacity. Pomerants holds two degrees from Tartu University: a degree in geology earned in 1989, and a Master of Public Administration in 2002.

Career history

Pomerants began his political career in the Lääne-Viru County Environmental Department in 1994. A year later he moved on to become the governer ( Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) of the county for eight years. Entering national politics in 2003, Pomerants was the Estonian Minister of Social Affairs from 2003–2005 before becoming a full-time member of Riigikogu from 2005–2009. Pomerants assumed the mantle of Estonian Minister of the Interior on June 4, 2009 (2009-06-04).

References

  1. "Siseministeerium" (in Estonian). Estonia: Estonian Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2010-12-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Sotsiaalministeeriumi ajalugu" (in Estonian). Sotsiaalministeerium.
  3. ^ "Maavalitsuse / täitevkomitee juhid ja nende ametinimetused" (PDF) (in Estonian). Lääne-Viru Omavalitsuste Liit. 2009.
  4. ^ "Interior" (in Estonian). Estonia: Estonian Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2010-12-22. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. Hõbemägi, Toomas (2010-12-22). "KAPO confirms Savisaar asked 3 million euros from Moscow". Baltic Business News (in English). Estonia. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2010-12-22. {{cite news}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |newspaper= at position 1 (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
Political offices
Preceded byAnts Leemets Governer of Lääne-Viru County
1995–2003
Succeeded byRiina Kaptein (acting)
Preceded bySiiri Oviir Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
2003–2005
Succeeded byJaak Aab
Preceded byJüri Pihl Estonian Minister of Internal Affairs
2009–present
Succeeded byIncumbent

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