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Margus Tsahkna
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
Margus Tsahkna assumed office as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia in 2023. Having started his career in local politics in 2002, Minister Tsahkna was a member of the 11th, 12th (2007-15) and 13th (2017-19) Riigikogu and has held several ministerial positions: Minister of Defence (2016-17) and Minister of Social Protection (2015-16). Minister Tsahkna was head of the Pro Patria political party from 2015 to 2017, after which he left politics to work in the private sector in the field of war and disaster medicine. During his years in the private sector, Minister Tsahkna created the new political party E200, which successfully entered the Riigikogu after the general elections in March 2023. Minister Tsahkna studied at the School of Theology and Religious Studies, also at the School of Law of the University of Tartu (1996-2002), and the University of Toronto (1999-2000), specialising in international law.
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Updated: April 24, 2025
