{{Short description|Estonian politician (born 1973)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|MEP}} | name = Sven Mikser | image = Sven Mikser 2017-05-25 (cropped).jpg | caption = Mikser in 2017 | constituency_MP = [[Estonia (European Parliament constituency)|Estonia]] | term_start = 2 July 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |publisher=European Parliament |access-date=28 May 2019 |language=en |date=20 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702|publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 May 2019 |language=en |date=22 May 2017}}</ref> | term_end = | parliament = European | office1 = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] | prime_minister1 = [[Jüri Ratas]] | term_start1 = 23 November 2016 | term_end1 = 29 April 2019 | predecessor1 = [[Jürgen Ligi]] | successor1 = [[Urmas Reinsalu]] | office2 = [[Minister of Defence (Estonia)|Minister of Defence]] | prime_minister2 = [[Taavi Rõivas]] | term_start2 = 26 March 2014 | term_end2 = 14 September 2015 | predecessor2 = [[Urmas Reinsalu]] | successor2 = [[Hannes Hanso]] | prime_minister3 = [[Siim Kallas]] | term_start3 = 28 January 2002 | term_end3 = 10 April 2003 | predecessor3 = [[Jüri Luik]] | successor3 = [[Margus Hanson]] | office4 = Leader of the [[Social Democratic Party (Estonia)|Social Democratic Party]] | term_start4 = 16 October 2010 | term_end4 = 30 May 2015 | predecessor4 = [[Jüri Pihl]] | successor4 = [[Jevgeni Ossinovski]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tartu]], then part of [[Estonian SSR]], Soviet Union | party = [[Estonian Centre Party|Centre Party]] {{small|(Before 2005)}}<br>[[Social Democratic Party (Estonia)|Social Democratic Party]] {{small|(2005–present)}} | alma_mater = [[University of Tartu]] | website = {{URL|svenmikser.sotsdem.ee|Official website}} }}
'''Sven Mikser''' (born 8 November 1973) is an [[Estonia]]n [[politician]]. A member of the [[Social Democratic Party (Estonia)|Social Democratic Party]], he has served as a member of the [[European Parliament]] for [[Estonia (European Parliament constituency)|Estonia]] since 2019. He previously served as minister of foreign affairs between 2016 and 2019 and minister of defence on two occasions. He also led his party between 2010 and 2015.
[[File:Sven Mikser 2021. aasta Arvamusfestivalil.jpg|thumb|right|Sven Mikser at the Opinion Festival 2021 in Paide, Estonia]]
==Career== As a member of the [[Estonian Centre Party]] from 2002 to 2003, Mikser served as the [[Estonian Minister of Defence|Minister of Defence]] in [[Siim Kallas]]' cabinet.
Mikser was the leader of the [[Social Democratic Party (Estonia)|Social Democratic Party]] between 16 October 2010 and 30 May 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.postimees.ee/3207333/ossinovski-valiti-sotside-uueks-juhiks-mikser-loobus |title=Ossinovski valiti sotside uueks juhiks, Mikser loobus |work=Postimees |date=30 May 2015 |access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref> He has been the Minister of Defence since 26 March 2014 in [[Taavi Rõivas]]' [[Taavi Rõivas' first cabinet|first]] and [[Taavi Rõivas' second cabinet|second cabinets]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New Estonian government assumes office |url=http://news.err.ee/v/politics/236329ab-9197-4db6-878c-3e54452da07f|publisher=ERR|date=9 April 2015|access-date=9 April 2015}}</ref> On 23 November 2016, he assumed the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of [[Jüri Ratas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Minister of Foreign Affairs Sven Mikser|url=https://www.valitsus.ee/en/minister-foreign-affairs-sven-mikser|publisher=Government of Estonia|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>
Mikser was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] in [[2019 European Parliament election in Estonia|2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eestist valitud Euroopa Parlamendi liikmed on teada|url=https://parnu.postimees.ee/6692274/eestist-valitud-euroopa-parlamendi-liikmed-on-teada|date=2019-05-27|website=Pärnu Postimees|language=et|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> He has since been serving on the [[European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs|Committee on Foreign Affairs]] and its [[Subcommittee on Security and Defence]]. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the Parliament's delegation to the [[Euronest Parliamentary Assembly]] and the [[NATO Parliamentary Assembly]].
==See also== {{Portal|European Union}} *[[List of foreign ministers in 2017]] *[[List of current foreign ministers]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120527223923/http://svenmikser.sotsdem.ee/ Official website] *[http://www.riigikogu.ee/?op=ems&page=ikaart&pid=72921&lang=en&u=20120610024509 Sven Mikser at the Estonian Parliament site riigikogu.ee]
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Jüri Luik]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Minister of Defence (Estonia)|Minister of Defence]]|years=2002–2003}} {{s-aft|after=[[Margus Hanson]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Urmas Reinsalu]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Minister of Defence (Estonia)|Minister of Defence]]|years=2014–2015}} {{s-aft|after=[[Hannes Hanso]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Jürgen Ligi]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]|years=2016–2019}} {{s-aft|after=[[Urmas Reinsalu]]}} |- {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=[[Jüri Pihl]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Leader of the [[Social Democratic Party (Estonia)|Social Democratic Party]]|years=2010–2015}} {{s-aft|after=[[Jevgeni Ossinovski]]}} {{s-end}}
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