Yana Toom

Yana Toom (born 15 October 1966) is an Estonian politician and Member of the European Parliament from Estonia. She is a member of the Estonian Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.[1]

Yana Toom

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2014
ConstituencyEstonia
Personal details
Born15 October 1966 (1966-10-15) (age 54)
Tallinn, Estonia
Political party Estonian
Estonian Centre Party
 EU
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Websitewww.yanatoom.ee

Political career

In the 2015 Estonian elections, Toom finished third with 11,573 votes; however, she eventually decided to keep her seat in the European Parliament.[2]

A member of the ALDE (Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe), Toom currently serves as a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Petitions. From 2014 until 2019, she served as her parliamentary group's coordinator on the Committee on Culture and Education. She has also been part of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee since 2014. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights.[3]

Toom was re-elected in 2019.[4]

Controversy

In July 2016, Toom was part of a small delegation of MEPs, including Javier Couso Permuy and Tatjana Ždanoka, which traveled to Damascus to meet Bashar Al-Assad.[5]

References
  1. "Yana TOOM". Europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  2. Cynthia Kroet (March 2, 2015), Reform Party wins Estonian election European Voice.
  3. Members European Parliament Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights.
  4. "Eestist valitud Euroopa Parlamendi liikmed on teada". Pärnu Postimees (in Estonian). 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  5. Maïa de La Baume (July 4, 2017), Push to crack down on rogue European Parliament missions Politico Europe.
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