Marju Lauristin
| Marju Lauristin | |
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.jpg) Marju Lauristin, 2015 | |
| Member of European Parliament | |
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Assumed office July 2014 | |
| 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs | |
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In office 22 October 1992 – 20 September 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Positsion established |
| Succeeded by | Toomas Vilosius |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1940 |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Marju Lauristin (born April 7, 1940) is an Estonian politician and social scientist. She is the daughter of the communist politicians Johannes Lauristin and Olga Lauristin, two leading politicians in the Communist Party of Estonia.[1] Together with Edgar Savisaar, in 1988 Lauristin established Rahvarinne, the first large-scale independence movement in Estonia since the country's incorporation into the USSR. In 1990 she was deputy speaker of the Estonian parliament.[1] From 1992 to 1994 she was the minister of Social Affairs of Estonia (Estonian Social Democratic Party/'Moderates'). Later, she was also a member of the Riigikogu, elected as a member of the People's Party Moderates (Estonian: Rahvaerakond Mõõdukad).
Education
Lauristin graduated from the Tartu State University (now Tartu University) in 1966 with a degree in Journalism and Sociology of Mass Communication.
In 1976, Lauristin completed her PhD studies in Journalism at Moscow University. Her thesis was focused on content analysis of newspaper texts.
Since 2003, Lauristin has been a professor of Social communication at Tartu University.[2]
References
- 1 2 Johanna McGeary (November 1, 1990). "Challenge In the East". Time Magazine. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ↑ Tartu University: list of staff of the Faculty of Social Sciences
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| Preceded by (no such position) |
Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia October 22, 1992–September 20, 1994 |
Succeeded by Toomas Vilosius |