Heidy Purga | |
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![]() Purga in 2015 | |
Minister of Culture | |
Assumed office 17 April 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Kaja Kallas Kristen Michal |
Preceded by | Piret Hartman |
Personal details | |
Born | Tartu,Estonia | 18 March 1975
Political 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. [1]
Purga was sworn in as Minister of Culture in the third cabinet of Kaja Kallas on 17 April 2023. [2] [3] [4]
From 1994 to 1996 she studied theatre director discipline at Tallinn University. In 2002 she graduated from Concordia International University Estonia in electronic media. [1]
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. [1]
Since 2014 she is a member of Estonian Reform Party. [1]