Heidy Purga

{{Short description|Estonian presenter, journalist and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-suffix =

| name = Heidy Purga

| image = RK Heidy Purga.jpg

| caption = Purga in 2015

| office = Minister of Culture

| term_start = 17 April 2023

| term_end =

| primeminister = Kaja Kallas
Kristen Michal

| predecessor = Piret Hartman

| successor =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|3|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tartu, Estonia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| children =

| party = Reform

| alma_mater = Tallinn University
Concordia International University Estonia

}}

Heidy Purga (born 18 March 1975) is an Estonian radio and television presenter, television director, journalist and politician. She has been a member of the XIII Riigikogu and XIV Riigikogu.{{cite web |title=101_biographies_2019 |url=https://www.riigikogu.ee/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/101_biographies_2019.pdf |website=riigikogu.ee |access-date=4 February 2021}}

Purga was sworn in as Minister of Culture in the third cabinet of Kaja Kallas on 17 April 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-08 |title=Reformierakond avalikustas oma valitsusdelegatsiooni |url=https://www.err.ee/1608941429/reformierakond-avalikustas-oma-valitsusdelegatsiooni |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=Eesti Rahvusringhääling |language=et}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-08 |title=Coalition agreement: VAT, income tax to rise by 2 percent |url=https://news.err.ee/1608941414/coalition-agreement-vat-income-tax-to-rise-by-2-percent |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=Eesti Rahvusringhääling |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-12 |title=Riigikogu gives Kaja Kallas mandate to form new government |url=https://news.err.ee/1608945910/riigikogu-gives-kaja-kallas-mandate-to-form-new-government |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Eesti Rahvusringhääling |language=en}}

From 1994 to 1996 she studied theatre director discipline at Tallinn University. In 2002 she graduated from Concordia International University Estonia in electronic media.

She have been the presenter, producer and editor of several television and radio channels. From 2008 to 2015 she was the producer for song contest Eesti Laul.

Since 2014 she is a member of Estonian Reform Party.