Marko Pomerants

Marko Pomerants
Marko Pomerants in 2010.
Minister of the Environment
Incumbent
Assumed office April 9, 2015 (2015-04-09)
Prime Minister	Taavi Rõivas
Preceded by	Mati Raidma
Minister of the Interior
In office June 4, 2009 (2009-06-04) – April 6, 2011 (2011-04-06)
Preceded by	Jüri Pihl[1]
Succeeded by	Ken-Marti Vaher
Minister of Social Affairs
In office 2003 (2003) – 2005 (2005)
Preceded by	Siiri Oviir[2]
Succeeded by	Jaak Aab[2]
Governor of Lääne-Viru County
In office 1995 (1995) – 2003 (2003)
Preceded by	Ants Leemets[3]
Succeeded by	Riina Kaptein[3]
Personal details
Born	(1964-09-24) 24 September 1964 Tamsalu, Estonia
Alma mater	Tartu University (1989, 2002)

Marko Pomerants (born 24 September 1964 in Tamsalu, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia) is an Estonian politician. He is the incumbent Minister of the Environment in Taavi Rõivas' cabinet.

Career history

Pomerants began his political career in the Lääne-Viru County Environmental Department in 1994. A year later he moved on to become the governor (maavanem) of the county for eight years. Entering national politics in 2003, Pomerants was the Minister of Social Affairs from 2003–2005 before becoming a full-time member of Riigikogu from 2005–2009. From 4 June 2009 to 6 April 2011 Pomerants served as the Minister of the Interior.

In 2015 parliamentary election, Pomerants was re-chosen to the parliament with 2,681 individual votes.^[4]

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