Jevgeni Ossinovski

Mayor of Tallinn

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Jevgeni Ossinovski
Jevgeni Ossinovski in 2015

Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office 30 May 2015 – 9 June 2019
Preceded by	Sven Mikser
Succeeded by	Indrek Saar
Mayor of Tallinn
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 April 2024
Preceded by	Mihhail Kõlvart
Minister of Health and Labour
In office 14 September 2015 – 2 May 2018
Prime Minister	Taavi Rõivas Jüri Ratas
Preceded by	Rannar Vassiljev
Succeeded by	Riina Sikkut
Minister of Education and Research
In office 26 March 2014 – 9 April 2015
Prime Minister	Taavi Rõivas
Preceded by	Jaak Aaviksoo
Succeeded by	Jürgen Ligi
Member of the Riigikogu
In office 4 April 2011 – 14 April 2024

Personal details
Born	(1986-03-15) 15 March 1986 (age 38) Kohtla-Järve, Estonia^[1]
Political party	Social Democratic Party (2011–present)
Spouse	Triinu Ossinovski (m. 2014)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Tartu (BA) University of Warwick (MA) London School of Economics (MSc)

Jevgeni Ossinovski (born 15 March 1986) is the mayor of Tallinn and former leader of the Estonian Social Democratic Party.^[2]

Ossinovski was voted as mayor in an especial meeting of the city council after the no confidence motion of his predecessor Mihhail Kõlvart. The four political parties that voted against Kõlvart, previously held coalition meetings for the last 2 weeks to make agreements. The mayor’s position to be given to the Social Democratic party was in that agreement.

Early life and education

He is the son of Oleg Ossinovski (et), a prominent Russian railway industrialist who moved to Estonia from Kazakhstan in the 1980s.

London School of Economics and Political Science has awarded him MSc in Comparative Politics (with Distinction) in 2010.^[3]

Political career

Ossinovski was the Minister of Education and Research from 26 March 2014 to 9 April 2015.^[4] Since 14 September 2015 he is the Minister of Health and Labor.^[5]

In March 2017, Ossinovski chaired the first ever gathering of the Party of European Socialists’ health ministers.^[6]

In April 2018, Ossinovski announced that he would step down as minister in order to focus on the party ahead of the 2019 parliamentary election.^[7] On 2 May 2018, his cabinet position was passed to Riina Sikkut.^[8] After the Social Democratic Party suffered a loss in the election and was left in the opposition, Ossinovski announced that he would stand down as the leader of the party.^[9]

References

^ "Minister of Education and Research Jevgeni Ossinovski | Republic of Estonia Government". Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
^ "Ossinovski valiti sotside uueks juhiks, Mikser loobus". 30 May 2015.
^ "LSE Digest 2009-2010" (PDF).
^ [1] Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine valitsus.ee
^ "Galerii: Ilves nimetas ametisse uued ministrid". 14 September 2015.
^ First meeting of PES health ministers endorses child guarantee Party of European Socialists, press release of March 19, 2017.
^ "Ossinovski to step down as minister". ERR. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "New ministers Sikkut, Mäggi sworn in". ERR. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
^ "Jevgeni Ossinovski standing down as SDE leader". ERR. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.