Prime Minister Taavi Roivas Prime Minister Mart Laar Party Social Democratic Party Preceded by Aivar Soerd Education University of Tartu | Prime Minister Andrus Ansip Name Ivari Padar Preceded by Helir-Valdor Seeder Preceded by Andres Varik Succeeded by Urmas Kruuse | |
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Role Member of the European Parliament Books Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of BSB of ISTRO & Meeting of Working Group 3 of the INCO-COPERNICUS Concerted Action on Subsoil Compaction "Modern Ways of Soil Tillage and Assessment of Soil Compaction and Seedbed Quality": 21 - 24 August 2001, EAU, Tartu | ||
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Ivari Padar (born 12 March 1965) is an Estonian politician. He is a former Minister of Finance, Minister of Agriculture and chairman of the Estonian Social Democratic Party.
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Padar was born in Navi, Võru Parish, Võru. He was Deputy Mayor of Võru from 1993–94, Executive Chairman of the Võru Farmers Union from 1994–95, and Assistant to the Chancellor at the Finance Ministry from 1995-97. He was Minister of Agriculture from 1999-2002, Chairman of Võru City Council from 2002–05, and a member of the Riigikogu from 2003-07. In April 2007 he became Minister of Finance. He led the Social Democratic Party from 2003 to 2009. In 2009 he was elected Member of the European Parliament.
He is a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group.
Personal
Judoka Martin Padar is Ivari Padar's cousin.