Kalle Laanet | |
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.jpg) Laanet in 2021 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 17 April 2023 – 1 April 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Kaja Kallas |
| Preceded by | Lea Danilson-Järg |
| Succeeded by | Madis Timpson[1] |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 26 January 2021 – 18 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Kaja Kallas |
| Preceded by | Jüri Luik |
| Succeeded by | Hanno Pevkur |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 13 April 2005 – 5 April 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrus Ansip |
| Preceded by | Margus Leivo |
| Succeeded by | Jüri Pihl |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1965-09-25)25 September 1965 (age 60) |
| Party | Reform Party(2014-present) Centre Party(2005-2012) |
| Alma mater | Concordia International University Estonia |
Kalle Laanet (born 25 September 1965) is anEstonian politician and police officer. He is member ofXIV Riigikogu. Since 2014 he belongs toEstonian Reform Party.[2] He served asMinister of Justice from April 2023 to April 2024 in thethird cabinet ofPrime MinisterKaja Kallas.
2002–04 he was policeprefect ofTallinn (Estonian:Tallinna politseiprefekt).[2]
2005–07 he wasMinister of the Interior (Estonian:Eesti siseminister).[2]
He has been member ofXI,XII,XIII andXIV Riigikogu.[2]
2021-22 he was theMinister of the Defence (Estonian:Eesti kaitseminister).[2]
Laanet was sworn in asMinister of Justice in thethird cabinet ofKaja Kallas on 17 April 2023.[3][4][5] He left the cabinet on 1 April 2024, being succeeded by Madis Timpson.[6]
In May 2025, theRiigikogu voted to lift Laanet's parliamentary immunity to allow criminal proceedings concerning alleged misuse of expenses reimbursements to continue; Laanet said he had not intended to claim public funds unlawfully and that he had disclosed the rental contracts.[7]
On 9 February 2026, the Harju County Court found Laanet guilty of fraud related to housing rent reimbursements claimed in 2022–2023 while serving as minister and later as a member of the Riigikogu.[8] Prosecutors said the reimbursements were based on a lease with a company owned by his stepson and totaled over €13,000; the court held that a stepchild counts as a related party and imposed a suspended prison sentence of one year and four months.[8][9]
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