Lauri Hussar
Hussar in 2023
President of the Riigikogu
Assumed office
10 April 2023
Preceded byJüri Ratas
Member of the Riigikogu
Assumed office
10 April 2023
Leader of the Eesti 200
In office
15 October 2022 – 19 November 2023
Preceded byKristina Kallas
Succeeded byMargus Tsahkna
Personal details
Born (1973-09-04) 4 September 1973 (age 50)
Võru, Estonia
Political partyEstonia 200
Alma materTartu University
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • politician

Lauri Hussar (born 4 September 1973)[1] is an Estonian journalist and politician serving as the president of the Riigikogu since 2023.[2] He was the editor-in-chief of Postimees 2016–2019. Between October 2022 and November 2023 he was the chairman of the party Estonia 200.

Career

Hussar studied theology at Tartu University from 1992 to 1996. From 1998 to 2006, he worked as a TV reporter and editor for TV3, including work as one of the hosts of 2000 Today.[3]

He then hosted Vikerraadio, a radio program broadcast nationwide by Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR, Estonian Public Broadcasting), until the spring of 2016. In March 2016, he became deputy editor-in-chief of Postimees.[4] Three months later, he was promoted to editor-in-chief.[5]

On 15 October 2022 Hussar was elected as leader of the political party Eesti 200.[6]

Personal life

Lauri Hussar has been married since July 2008.[7]

In 1994, he was one of the refounders of the Christian Studentenverbindung (fraternity) "Arminia Dorpatensis" (first founded in 1850), the northernmost and only Estonian branch of Wingolf.[8]

References

  1. ^ Wõrumaa Teataja. Postimehe peatoimetaja Lauri Hussar: paberleht jääb! 18 February 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. ^ ERR, ERR | (10 April 2023). "Eesti 200 leader Lauri Hussar elected Riigikogu speaker". ERR. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ Andres Kalvik: Postimehe peatoimetaja Lauri Hussar: paberleht jääb! In: Wõrumaa Teataja. 18 February 2017, ISSN 1406-426X, Page 4.
  4. ^ Lauri Hussar asub tööle Postimehes. In: postimees.ee, 22 January 2016.
  5. ^ Tiina Kaukvere: Postimehe uueks peatoimetajaks saab Lauri Hussar. In: postimees.ee. 9 June 2016.
  6. ^ ERR News. Lauri Hussar elected Eesti 200 chair. 15 October 2022
  7. ^ Nataly Koppel: Raadiomees Lauri Hussar abiellus stjuardessiga. In: ohtuleht.ee. 7 August 2008.
  8. ^ Verband Alter Wingolfiten e.V. (Hrsg.): Vademecum Wingolfiticum, 25. Aufl. Hannover 2012, S. 102.
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