Jana Toom

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Jana Toom
Mayor of Tallinn
In office
2010–2011
Personal details
Born
Jana Tšernogorova

15 October 1966 (1966-10-15) (age 57)
Tallinn, Estonia
Citizenship
  • Russia
  • Estonia
Political partyEstonian Centre Party (2009–present)
Websitewww.yanatoom.ee

Jana Toom (born Jana Tšernogorova, formerly Yana Litvinova, Yana Toom; born 15 October 1966) is an Estonian politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014. She is a member of the Estonian Centre Party.[1]

Born to ethnic Russian immigrant parents, Toom become a naturalized citizen of Estonia in 2008. In the 2015 Estonian elections, Toom was also elected to the Estonian parliament (Riigikogu) with 11,573 votes; she decided to not become MP and kept her MEP seat in the European Parliament instead.[2]

A member of the

Committee on Culture and Education
(2014–2019).

In addition to her committee assignments, Toom has been part of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee since 2014. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital,[4] the European Parliament Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights[5] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages.[6]

Toom was re-elected in 2019.[7]

In the 2023 Estonian parliamentary election, she was elected in the Riigikogu electoral district no. 7.

Controversy

In July 2016, Toom was part of a small delegation of MEPs, including

Bashar Al-Assad.[8]

In November 2023, a scandal emerged in Estonia where Yana Toom financed the legal aid expenses of Russian stateless persons deported from Estonia for anti-state activities, so that they could go to court against the Estonian state.[9]

Jüri Ratas, ex-prime minister of Estonia has left the party in 2024 because the pro-russian activities of Jana Toom.

References

  1. ^ "Yana TOOM". Europarl.europa.eu. 15 October 1966. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  2. European Voice
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  3. ^ Mia Bartoloni (February 12, 2021), Movers & Shakers The Parliament Magazine.
  4. ^ Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital European Parliament.
  5. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights.
  6. ^ Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages European Parliament.
  7. ^ "Eestist valitud Euroopa Parlamendi liikmed on teada". Pärnu Postimees (in Estonian). 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  8. ^ Maïa de La Baume (July 4, 2017), Push to crack down on rogue European Parliament missions Politico Europe.
  9. ^ ERR News [1],