member_of_political_party ken-marti vaher
Ken - Marti Vaher ( born 5 September 1974 ) is a leading member of the Estonian Pro Patria and Res Publica ___MASK95___ party . He has served twice as a Minister : as Minister of Justice ( 2003 -- 2005 ) and as Minister of the Interior ( 2011 -- 2014 ) . The European People ' s Party ( EPP ) is a European political party . A transnational organisation , it is composed of other political parties , not individuals . Founded by primarily Christian democratic parties in 1976 , it has since broadened its membership to include ___MASK74___ - conservative parties and parties with other centre - right political perspectives . The Riigikogu ( from " riigi -", of the state , and " kogu ", assembly ) is the unicameral parliament of Estonia . All important state - related questions pass through the Riigikogu . In addition to approving legislation , the Riigikogu appoints high officials , including the Prime Minister and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court , and elects ( either alone or , if necessary , together with representatives of local government within a broader electoral college ) the President . The Riigikogu also ratifies significant foreign treaties that impose ___MASK63___ and proprietary obligations , bring about changes in law , etc .; approves the budget presented by the government as law and monitors the executive power . ___MASK22___ was a political party in Estonia that self - identified as conservative and therefore member of the International Democrat Union , but considering its vague platform for 2003 election , the genuineness of this ideology is disputed . Established as a party on 8 December 2001 , the political organisation Res Publica was founded already as early as 1989 and existed as a community of young conservatives , mostly associated with the Pro Patria Union party during the 1990s . Res Publica was a member of the EPP ( European People ' s Party ) on the European level . It merged with Pro Patria Union in 2006 to form the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union . Mart Laar ( born 22 April 1960 ) is an Estonian politician and historian . He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002 . Laar is credited with having helped bring about Estonia  s rapid economic development during the 1990s . He is a member of Pro Patria and Res Publica ___MASK95___ . Pro Patria and Res Publica ___MASK95___ ( IRL ) is a conservative political party in Estonia . It was founded on 4 June 2006 when two conservative parties , Pro Patria ___MASK95___ and ___MASK22___ merged . Up to the 2007 parliamentary elections , the party held 32 seats out of 101 in the Riigikogu ( the Estonian parliament ) and one of Estonia ' s six seats in the European Parliament . The party is a member of the European People ' s Party ( EPP ). It has about 8 , 500 members . The merged party consisted of two separate boards and two party leaders , which was replaced by a unified board and leader in May 2007 . The party ' s prime minister candidate was Mart Laar , who became a chairman of the party . The European Parliament ( EP ) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European ___MASK95___ ( EU ). Together with the Council of the European ___MASK95___ ( the Council ) and the European Commission , it exercises the legislative function of the EU . The Parliament is composed of 751 ( previously 766 ) members , who represent the second largest democratic electorate in the world ( after the Parliament of India ) and the largest trans - national democratic electorate in the world ( 375 million eligible voters in 2009 ). The Pro Patria ___MASK95___ ( meaning literally ___MASK93___ ) was a national conservative political party in Estonia . The party was founded on 2 December 1995 from a merger of the Estonian National Independence Party and the Pro Patria National Coalition .