Kaja Kallas is an Estonian politician who has been prime minister of Estonia since 2021, and is the first woman to serve in the role. The leader of the Reform Party since 2018, she was a member of the Riigikogu in 2019–2021, and 2011–2014. Kallas was a member of the European Parliament in 2014–2018, representing the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. Before her election to Parliament, she was an attorney specialising in European competition law.
Yana Toom is an Estonian politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014. She is a member of the Estonian Centre Party.
Kersti Kaljulaid served as the fifth president of Estonia between 2016 and 2021, and was its first and only female head of state since the country declared independence in 1918. She was also the youngest president, aged 46 at the time of her election.
Estonian Forest Aid is an Estonian civic movement which advocates sustainable forest management and draws attention to problems associated with Estonian forestry policy in general. A non-profit organisation under the same name (Eesti Metsa Abiks) has been registered by activists from the movement in the Estonian Business Register in June 2017. Since January 2018, EFA belongs to the social chamber of the FSC-s representative organization in Estonia.
Merle Jääger is an Estonian television, stage and film actress, poet and author who frequently uses the pen name Merca. Initially associated with the burgeoning Estonian punk rock scene of the early to mid 1980s, she has been described as the "bard of protest". Her career as an actress began in her early 20s and she has received a number of high-profile awards for stage roles.
Electoral district no. 11 is one of the 12 multi-member electoral districts of the Riigikogu, the national legislature of Estonia. The district was established in 1992 when the Riigikogu was re-established following Estonia's independence from the Soviet Union. It was renamed electoral district no. 10 in 1995 following the re-organisation of electoral districts but reverted to electoral district no. 11 in 2003. It is conterminous with the counties of Põlva, Valga and Võru. The district currently elects eight of the 101 members of the Riigikogu using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 parliamentary election it had 70,706 registered electors.
Liina Tõnisson is an Estonian politician. She has been a member of VII, VIII, IX, X and XI Riigikogu.
Ester Tuiksoo is an Estonian politician and business executive. She has been a member of the XI and XII Riigikogu, representing the People's Union of Estonia and from 2010, the Estonian Centre Party. From 2004 to 2007 she was Minister of Rural Affairs. Tuiksoo served as an alternate for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2007 to 2015 and was a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.
Olga Sõtnik is an Estonian civil servant and politician. She has been member of XI and XII Riigikogu.
Nelli Privalova is an Estonian journalist and politician. She has been member of IX, X and XI Riigikogu.
Helle Kalda is an Estonian politician. She has been member of X and XI Riigikogu.
Evelyn Sepp is an Estonian sports figure and politician. She has been member of IX, X and XI Riigikogu.
Maret Merisaar is an Estonian biologist and politician. She has been member of XI Riigikogu.
Christian Jaan Kaarna was an Estonian journalist, banker, and politician.
Juhan Luiga was an Estonian psychiatrist, physician, author, publicist, and politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu.
Paul-Eduard Luiga was an Estonian politician. He was a member of II Riigikogu. He was a member of the Riigikogu since 10 March 1924. He replaced Victor Mutt.
Victor Johann Mutt was an Estonian military colonel, diplomat and politician. He was a member of II Riigikogu. On 10 March 1924, he resigned his position and he was replaced by Paul-Eduard Luiga. Mutt was arrested by the NKVD on 30 June 1940 and sentenced to death. He was executed in Kirov Prison in 1942.
Kalle Eller was an Estonian publisher, neopagan, cultural researcher, educator and poet.
Aimar Altosaar is an Estonian sociologist, journalist and politician. He was a member of IX Riigikogu. He was the Secretary General of the Pro Patria Union party from 1995 until 1999 and again from 2004 until 2006.
Õnne Pillak is an Estonian politician, representing the Estonian Reform Party since 2001. On 27 January 2021, she became a member of the XIV Riigikogu.
