Jana Toom | |
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 Toom in 2022 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2014 | |
| Constituency | Estonia |
| Member of theRiigikogu | |
| In office 4 April 2011 – 1 July 2014 | |
| DeputyMayor of Tallinn | |
| In office 2010–2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jana Tšernogorova 15 October 1966 (1966-10-15) (age 59) |
| Citizenship | USSR (1966–1991) Russia (1991–2006) Estonia (since 2006) |
| Political party | KE (2009–present) |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | Margarita Tšernogorova [et] (mother) Igor Tšernogorov (father) |
| Relatives | Natalia Tomson [et] (maternal grandmother) |
| Website | www |
Jana Toom (bornJana Tšernogorova, formerlyYana Litvinova,Yana Toom; born 15 October 1966) is an Estonian politician who has been serving as aMember of the European Parliament since 2014. She is a member of theEstonian Centre Party.[1]
Born toethnic Russian immigrant parents, Toom become a naturalized citizen of Estonia in 2008. In the2015 Estonian elections, Toom was also elected to theEstonianparliament (Riigikogu) with 11,573 votes. However, she decided to not become MP and kept her MEP seat in theEuropean Parliament instead.[2]
A member of theALDE (Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe), Toom currently serves on theCommittee on Petitions (since 2014) and theCommittee on Regional Development (since 2021).[3] She was previously a member of theCommittee on Employment and Social Affairs (2014–2021) and her parliamentary group's coordinator on theCommittee 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 in2019.[7]
In the2023 Estonian parliamentary election, she was elected in theRiigikogu electoral district no. 7.
In July 2016, Toom was part of a small delegation of MEPs, includingJavier Couso Permuy andTatjana Ždanoka, which traveled toDamascus to meetBashar 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]
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