Jürgen Ligi is an Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n politician, a member of the liberal

Liberalism

Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...

 Reform Party

Estonian Reform Party

The Estonian Reform Party is a centre-right, free market liberal party in Estonia. It is led by Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, and has 33 members in the 101-member Riigikogu, making it the largest party in the legislature...

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He is a long-time member of the Estonian parliament Riigikogu

Riigikogu

The Riigikogu is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. All important state-related questions pass through the Riigikogu...

 (1995–2005 and 2007–2009). For the last two years in the Riigikogu he served as the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Budget Control.

From 2005 to 2007 Jürgen Ligi was Minister of Defence

Estonian Minister of Defence

The Minister of Defence is the senior minister at the Ministry of Defence in the Estonian Government...

. On June 3, 2009 he was nominated Minister of Finance and sworn in a day later.

External links

• Curriculum vitae from Estonian Ministry of Defence
• Personal blog of Jürgen Ligi.