Alar Laneman

{{Short description|Estonian politician (born 1962)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Alar Laneman

| image = Alar Laneman.jpg

| caption =

| office = Minister of the Interior

| primeminister = Jüri Ratas

| term_start = 18 November 2020

| term_end = 26 January 2021

| predecessor = Mart Helme

| successor = Kristian Jaani

| party = Estonian Reform Party (2024–present)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|5|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Vändra, Estonia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = Swedish Defence University
Royal College of Defence Studies

| allegiance = USSR (1981–1991)
Estonia (1991–2009)

| branch = {{army|Estonia}}

| commands = Headquarters of the Estonian Defence Forces

| serviceyears = 1981–2009

| rank = Brigadier general

| battles =

| otherparty = EKRE (2019–2024)

}}

Alar Laneman (born 6 May 1962){{Cite web|title=Alar Laneman|url=https://www.siseministeerium.ee/en/minister-interior-alar-laneman|url-status=live|access-date=27 January 2021|website=Estonian Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125225956/https://www.siseministeerium.ee/en/minister-interior-alar-laneman |archive-date=2020-11-25 }} is an Estonian politician.

Alar Laneman stood as a candidate on the list of the Estonian Conservative People's Party in the 2019 Riigikogu elections in the 12th constituency and was elected with 673 votes.{{Cite web |title=Mandaatide omandamise viis |url=https://rk2019.valimised.ee/et/election-result/acquired-mandates.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=rk2019.valimised.ee}}

He served as Minister of the Interior in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Jüri Ratas from 18 November 2020 to 26 January 2021.{{Cite news|date=14 January 2021|title=Q&A: Estonia's government has resigned – what happens next?|work=ERR|url=https://news.err.ee/1608072376/q-a-estonia-s-government-has-resigned-what-happens-next|access-date=31 January 2021}} Kristian Jaani was appointed as his successor.{{Cite news|date=26 January 2021|title=Who's who: Estonia's new government|work=ERR|url=https://news.err.ee/1608084379/who-s-who-estonia-s-new-government|access-date=27 January 2021}} He was a member of the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) from 2019 to 14 June 2024. On 12 July 2024 he joined the liberal Estonian Reform Party.