Urve Palo

Urve Paris Palo
Urve Paris Palo
Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology
	In office; 23 November 2016 – 22 August 2018
Prime Minister	Jüri Ratas
Preceded by	Liisa Oviir (Minister of Entrepreneurship)
Succeeded by	Rene Tammist
Minister of Entrepreneurship
	In office; 9 April 2015 – 14 September 2015
Prime Minister	Taavi Rõivas
Preceded by	Anne Sulling (Foreign Trade and Entrepreneurship)
Succeeded by	Liisa Oviir
Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure
	In office; 26 March 2014 – 9 April 2015
Prime Minister	Taavi Rõivas
Preceded by	Juhan Parts
Succeeded by	Kristen Michal
Minister of Population and Ethnic Affairs
	In office; 4 April 2007 – 21 May 2009
Prime Minister	Andrus Ansip
Preceded by	Paul-Eerik Rummo
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	10 July 1972 (age 52); Haapsalu, Estonia
Political party	Social Democratic Party (2006-)
Spouse	Janek Palo
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Tartu

Urve Paris Palo (born 10 July 1972) is an Estonian economist and politician, a member of the Social Democratic Party.^[2]

Biography

Palo was born in Haapsalu. From April 2007 until May 2009, she served as Estonian Minister of Population and Ethnic Affairs. She also served as the Minister of Entrepreneurship in Taavi Rõivas' second cabinet from 9 April 2015, but resigned on 31 August while being disappointed with the coalition with the Reform Party.^[3]

In November 2016, the coalition led by Rõivas fell apart and a new coalition was formed by Center Party, SDE and IRL.^[4] On 23 November 2016, Palo was nominated as the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology. Palo continued in her position until July 2018, when she submitted her resignation while stating that she would leave politics at the end of her term in Riigikogu.^[5]^[6]

In 2010, Palo participated as a celebrity contestant on the fourth season of Tantsud tähtedega, the Estonian version of Dancing with the Stars. Her professional dancing partner was Aleksandr Makarov.

References

^ "Minu taust ja kontaktid". Urve Palo. 15 May 2014.
^ CV at Estonian government website. Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ "SDE votes to continue in government; Palo resigns". ERR. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
^ "President appoints Jüri Ratas' government". ERR. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
^ "Urve Palo quits Social Democratic Party, resigns as minister". ERR. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
^ "Estonian entrepreneurship, IT minister to resign, leave politics". The Baltic Times. LETA/TBT. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Political offices
Preceded by Paul-Eerik Rummo	Minister of Population and Ethnic Affairs 2007–2009	Succeeded by Office abolished
Preceded by Juhan Parts	Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure 2014–2015	Succeeded by Kristen Michal
Preceded by Anne Sulling	Minister of Entrepreneurship 2015	Succeeded by Liisa Oviir
Preceded by Liisa Oviir	Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology 2016–2018	Succeeded by Rene Tammist

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[1] "Minu taust ja kontaktid". Urve Palo. 15 May 2014.

[2] CV at Estonian government website. Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "SDE votes to continue in government; Palo resigns". ERR. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[4] "President appoints Jüri Ratas' government". ERR. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

[5] "Urve Palo quits Social Democratic Party, resigns as minister". ERR. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

[TBT-24July2018-6] "Estonian entrepreneurship, IT minister to resign, leave politics". The Baltic Times. LETA/TBT. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

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