Ivari Padar (born 12 March 1965[2]) is an Estonian politician. He is a former Minister of Finance,[3] Minister of Agriculture and chairman of the Estonian Social Democratic Party.[2][4]
Padar was born in Navi, Võru Parish, Võru.[3] He was Deputy Mayor of Võru from 1993 to 1994, Executive Chairman of the Võru Farmers Union from 1994 to 1995, and Assistant to the Chancellor at the Finance Ministry from 1995 to 1997.[3][2] He was Minister of Agriculture from 1999 to 2002,[3][2] Chairman of Võru City Council from 2002 to 2005, and a member of the X, XI, XIII and XIV Riigikogu. In April 2007 he became Minister of Finance.[3] He led the Social Democratic Party from 2003 to 2009.[2]
Padar was a Member of the European Parliament for Estonia from 2009 until 2014 and from 2017 until 2019.[5] In parliament, he served on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (2009-2014) and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (2017-2019).
In addition to his political work, Padar is a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group.[6]
^"Ivari Padar jäi vastuvõtul jalgupidi abikaasa kleidi sisse kinni". Delfi. 26 February 2014.
^ abcdeProfile at Party of European Socialists website Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.
^ abcdeCV at Estonian government website.
^Profile, Social Democratic Party website; accessed 14 March 2015.
^"Marju Lauristini asemel läheb europarlamenti Ivari Padar". Postimees. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
^"About Us – Reconciliation of European Histories Group". Reconciliation of European Histories Group. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
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