Sven Mikser

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|MEP}}

|name = Sven Mikser

|image = Sven Mikser 2017-05-25 (cropped).jpg

|caption = Mikser in 2017

| constituency_MP = Estonia

| term_start = 2 July 2019{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |publisher=European Parliament |access-date=28 May 2019 |language=en |date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702|publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 May 2019 |language=en |date=22 May 2017}}

| term_end =

| parliament = European

|office1 = Minister of Foreign Affairs

|primeminister1 = Jüri Ratas

|term_start1 = 23 November 2016

|term_end1 = 29 April 2019

|predecessor1 = Jürgen Ligi

|successor1 = Urmas Reinsalu

|office2 = Minister of Defence

|primeminister2 = Taavi Rõivas

|term_start2 = 26 March 2014

|term_end2 = 14 September 2015

|predecessor2 = Urmas Reinsalu

|successor2 = Hannes Hanso

|primeminister3 = Siim Kallas

|term_start3 = 28 January 2002

|term_end3 = 10 April 2003

|predecessor3 = Jüri Luik

|successor3 = Margus Hanson

|office4 = Leader of the Social Democratic Party

|term_start4 = 16 October 2010

|term_end4 = 30 May 2015

|predecessor4 = Jüri Pihl

|successor4 = Jevgeni Ossinovski

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|8|df=y}}

|birth_place = Tartu, Estonia

|party = Centre Party {{small|(Before 2005)}}
Social Democratic Party {{small|(2005–present)}}

|alma_mater = University of Tartu

|website = {{URL|svenmikser.sotsdem.ee|Official website}}

}}

Sven Mikser (born 8 November 1973) is an Estonian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has served as a member of the European Parliament for Estonia since 2019. He previously served as minister of foreign affairs between 2016 and 2019 and minister of defence on two occasions. He also led his party between 2010 and 2015.

File:Sven Mikser 2021. aasta Arvamusfestivalil.jpg

Career

As a member of the Estonian Centre Party from 2002 to 2003, Mikser served as the Minister of Defence in Siim Kallas' cabinet.

Mikser was the leader of the Social Democratic Party between 16 October 2010 and 30 May 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://www.postimees.ee/3207333/ossinovski-valiti-sotside-uueks-juhiks-mikser-loobus |title=Ossinovski valiti sotside uueks juhiks, Mikser loobus |work=Postimees |date=30 May 2015 |access-date=31 May 2015}} He has been the Minister of Defence since 26 March 2014 in Taavi Rõivas' first and second cabinets.{{cite web|title=New Estonian government assumes office |url=http://news.err.ee/v/politics/236329ab-9197-4db6-878c-3e54452da07f|publisher=ERR|date=9 April 2015|access-date=9 April 2015}} On 23 November 2016, he assumed the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Jüri Ratas.{{cite web|title=Minister of Foreign Affairs Sven Mikser|url=https://www.valitsus.ee/en/minister-foreign-affairs-sven-mikser|publisher=Government of Estonia|access-date=16 November 2018}}

Mikser was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.{{Cite web|title=Eestist valitud Euroopa Parlamendi liikmed on teada|url=https://parnu.postimees.ee/6692274/eestist-valitud-euroopa-parlamendi-liikmed-on-teada|date=2019-05-27|website=Pärnu Postimees|language=et|access-date=2020-05-16}} He has since been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Security and Defence. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the Parliament's delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120527223923/http://svenmikser.sotsdem.ee/ Official website]
[http://www.riigikogu.ee/?op=ems&page=ikaart&pid=72921&lang=en&u=20120610024509 Sven Mikser at the Estonian Parliament site riigikogu.ee]