Juhan Parts
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Juhan Parts (born 27 August 1966) is the Prime Minister of Estonia, and Chairman of the Res Publica party.
Biography
He was born in the Estonian capital city Tallinn.
Juhan Parts completed Gustav Adolf Grammar School in Tallinn (then Tallinn Secondary School No. 1). Afterwards, he studied law at the University of Tartu in Tartu, Estonia.
After completing his university education, he instantly found a respectable position in the Ministry of Justice. He soon became known as a young, dynamic figure who wanted to push for reforms. Being an ally of Deputy Minister Mihkel Oviir, he was appointed Auditor General in spring 1998. He held this office until 2002. From this virtually unimpeachable office, unique in the Estonian Constitution, he frequently criticised the government and became somewhat of a popular figure in Estonian politics.
Juhan Parts became chairman of a new party called Res Publica which he was instrumental in starting, an ideology-free, largely technocratic party which can be described as a economically liberal party of mostly under-30 administrators. Res Publica now is a member of the right-of-centre European People's Party organisation.
In the Riigikogu (Estonian parliament) elections in 2003, he surprisingly gained a majority among the right-of-center parties, and as a result, Parts was charged to form a new government coalition and become Prime Minister of Estonia. The new government took office on 10 April 2003.
By now, Parts's initial popularity is fading away because of his quite harsh and authoritarian decisions, several of which have been against the will of most probably an overwhelming majority of Estonian citizens. Many Estonians have publicly stated that Parts's government is now steadily developing towards establishing a police regime in Estonia.
External links
- http://www.peaminister.ee Prime Minister of Estonia
- http://www.respublica.ee Res Publica
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