{{Short description|Estonian politician (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Urmas Kruuse | image = Urmas Kruuse (crop).jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Urmas Kruuse in 2021 | order = | prime_minister = Kaja Kallas | term_start = 26 January 2021 | term_end = 17 April 2023 | predecessor = Arvo Aller | successor = | prime_minister2 = Taavi Rõivas | term_start2 = 9 April 2015 | term_end2 = 23 November 2016 | predecessor2 = Ivari Padar<br/>{{small|(as Minister of Agriculture)}} | successor2 = Martin Repinski | office = Minister of Rural Affairs | title3 = Minister of Health and Labour | term_start3 = 26 March 2014 | term_end3 = 30 March 2015 | prime_minister3 = Taavi Rõivas | predecessor3 = Taavi Rõivas<br/>{{small|(as Minister of Social Affairs)}} | successor3 = Rannar Vassiljev | title4 = Mayor of Tartu | term_start4 = 26 April 2007 | term_end4 = 26 March 2014 | predecessor4 = Laine Jänes | successor4 = Urmas Klaas | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1965|07|14}} | birth_place = Elva, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union<!--USSR must be mentioned (see talk:Manual of Style/Infoboxes#RFC: Baltic states birth infoboxes)--> | party = Reform Party | alma_mater = International University Audentes }} '''Urmas Kruuse''' (born 14 July 1965) is an Estonian politician who was the Minister of Rural Affairs from 2021 to 2023.<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> From 2014 to 2015, he was the Minister of Health and Labour. He is a member of the Estonian Reform Party.
==Early life== Urmas Kruuse graduated from Elva Secondary School and obtained a degree in business management at International University Audentes. From 1997 to 1999, he worked as sales manager at Siberry Rebase Hulgiladu and from 1999 to 2002, as sales manager of Kesko Food AS. Kruuse has also been active as a freelance musician and has worked as a warehouse operator at Tallinna Tööstuskaubastu.
==Political career== From 2002 to 2007, Kruuse was Mayor of his hometown Elva and from 2007 to 2014, the Mayor of Tartu.<ref>{{cite web|title=Urmas Kruuse |url=http://www.tartu.ee/?lang_id=1&menu_id=2&page_id=1235|publisher=Tartu linn|access-date=23 October 2010|language=et}}</ref>
Kruuse became the Minister of Health and Labour in Taavi Rõivas' first cabinet on 26 March 2014 and the Minister of Rural Affairs on 9 April 2015 in Taavi Rõivas' second cabinet.<ref>[http://valitsus.ee/en/government/Government-Members/Urmas-Kruuse Urmas Kruuse] on the website of Estonian Government (Accessed 21 April 2014)</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *[http://www.agri.ee/en/minister-rural-affairs-urmas-kruuse Urmas Kruuse at the Government of Estonia official website]
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef| before=Aare Anderson}} {{s-ttl| title=Mayor of Elva | years=2002–2007}} {{s-aft| after=Reno Laidre}} {{s-bef| before=Laine Jänes}} {{s-ttl| title=Mayor of Tartu | years=2007–2014 }} {{s-aft| after=Urmas Klaas}} {{s-bef| before=Taavi Rõivas|as=Minister of Social Affairs}} {{s-ttl| title=Minister of Health and Labour| years=2014–2015}} {{s-aft| after=Rannar Vassiljev}} {{s-bef| before=Ivari Padar|as=Minister of Agriculture}} {{s-ttl| title=Minister of Rural Affairs | years=2015–2016}} {{s-aft|after=Martin Repinski}} {{s-bef| before=Arvo Aller}} {{s-ttl| title=Minister of Rural Affairs | years=2021–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}}
{{Members of the 15th Riigikogu}}
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