Vilja Savisaar-Toomast

Vilja Savisaar-Toomast (born 15 August 1962, Antsla as Vilja Laanaru; 1996-2009 named Vilja Savisaar) is an Estonian politician belonging to the Estonian Centre Party, currently a Member of the European Parliament.^[1]

In 1992–1995, Vilja Laanaru was a member of Riigikogu, belonging to the Independent Royalist Party of Estonia. In 1997, she joined the Estonian Centre Party and has several times been elected to Riigikogu as well as worked in Tallinn city government. In 2009, she became Member of the European Parliament after Edgar Savisaar renounced his mandate to remain mayor of Tallinn.

She has been President of the Estonian Volleyball Federation since 2007 and since November 2008, in the Executive Committee of the Estonian Olympic Committee for the next 4 years.

Contents 1 MEP 2 Personal life 3 Education 4 Career 5 Published works 6 References 7 External links

MEP

• Member of the Transport and Tourism Committee
• Member to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia delegation
• Substitute in Regional Development Committee

Personal life

In 1996, Vilja Laanaru married Centre Party leader Edgar Savisaar; they divorced in 2009. They have one daughter. In August 2010, she married opera singer Taimo Toomast and changed her surname to Savisaar-Toomast.^[2]

Education

1985 Degree from the University of Tartu, psychologist and teacher 1988 Master's degree, Institute of General and Molecular Pathology, State University of Tartu

Career

• Psychologist, Mainor consultants (1988-1990)
• Assistant to the Prime Minister (1990-1992)
• Chief editor, Seitse Päeva magazine (1990-1994)
• Adviser to the Deputy Speaker of the Estonian Parliament (1992-1994)
• Chief editor, Elu Pilt magazine (1994-1997)
• Adviser to the Minister for Home Affairs (1995)
• Mayor of the Nõmme section of Tallinn (1999)
• Editor responsible for OÜ Pilt ja Sõna (1999-2002)
• Deputy mayor, Northern Tallinn Executive (2002), mayor of city section (2005-2007)
• Member of the Estonian Parliament (2003-2005 and since 2007).
• Member of the executive, Keskerakond Party.
• Member, Eestimaa Rahvarinde volikogu (1990), Tallinn City Council (1999-2002)
• Member of the Estonian Parliament during the 10th and 11th parliamentary terms.

• Chair, board of East Tallinn Central Hospital; chair, board of In Commune Bonum
• President, Estonian Volleyball Association;
• member, Executive Committee of the Estonian Olympic Committee
• President, Eastern European Zonal Association of the European Volleyball Federation

Published works

• Memoirs 'Valguses ja varjus' (Kohtla-Järve 1995)

• Collection 'Eestimaa Rahvarinne' (Tallinn 2002).

References

External links

• Vilja Savisaar-Toomast homepage http://www.viljasavisaar-toomast.ee/
• Vilja Savisaar's page on the website of the ALDE Group.

Political offices
Preceded by Värner Lootsmann	Elder of Nõmme District, Tallinn 1999	Succeeded by Urmas Paet
Preceded by Sirje Potisepp	Elder of Põhja-Tallinn District, Tallinn 2005–2007	Succeeded by Enno Tamm

Persondata
Name	Savisaar-Toomast, Vilja
Alternative names	Laanaru, Vilja (birth name); Savisaar, Vilja (1996-2009)
Short description	Estonian politician
Date of birth	15 August 1962
Place of birth	Antsla, Estonia
Date of death
Place of death