Hanno Pevkur

Résumé

Member of the Board of the Reform Party Hanno Pevkur serves as Minister of Justice since December 2012.
Before he assumed the office of the Minister of Social Affairs in the government formed by Andrus Ansip in February 2009 and continued in the position in the new government formed in 2011. 2003 to 2005 he was the elder of the Nõmme city district.

As for his education, Hanno is a lawyer – he graduated from the University of Tartu in 2002. He studied the same speciality at the Tallinn School of Economics, which he graduated from in 1998.

Hanno is married and has two children (a son and a daughter). During his free time he enjoys sports: his favourites are football, volleyball, skiing and golf.

CV

Date and place of birth: 2 April 1977, Iisaku (Estonia)

Education

2002 University of Tartu, Law
1998 Tallinn School of Economics, Law
1995 Järva-Jaani Secondary School

Career

2012- present Minister of Justice
2009–2012 Minister of Social Affairs
2007–2009 Member of 11th Riigikogu, Member of Nõmme Administrative Council
2005–2007 Chairman of Nõmme Administrative Council, Member of Tallinn City Council
2005–2007 Ministry of Justice, Adviser to the Minister
2003–2005 Elder of Nõmme city district
2000–2003 Nõmme City District Government, Administrative Secretary

Foreign languages: Russian, English & German

Party membership: Estonian Reform Party