29 Facts About Indrek Saar

Indrek Saar was born on February 20,1973 and is an Estonian actor and politician.

Indrek Saar has been the leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2019 to 2022 and the Minister of Culture of Estonia from 2015 to 2019.

Indrek Saar attended secondary school in Kuressaare and graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Higher Drama in Tallinn.

Indrek Saar was an actor and director of the Rakvere Theatre from 1996 until 2005.

Indrek Saar presided the sessions of culture ministers in the Council of the European Union, achieving significant progress in the negotiations over the Audiovisual Media Services Directive.

Indrek Saar has been a representative in the Estonian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe between 2007 and 2023, having served as the chairperson of the national delegation, the chairperson of the Committee on Rules of Procedure as well as the vice-chairperson of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group.

Indrek Saar has participated in election monitoring missions in Moldova, Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine as well as Russia and has been co-rapporteur of the PACE for the monitoring of Serbia.

Indrek Saar has worked in several PACE committees: the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, the Monitoring Committee the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee, the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media as well as the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination.

From 1995 until 2015, Indrek Saar played the role of Raim Raidver on the long-running ETV television drama series Onne 13.

Indrek Saar was born in Kuressaare, the administrative centre of the Saaremaa island.

Indrek Saar's father Juri Saar has served as the County Governor of Saaremaa as well as the mayor of the rural municipalities of Pihtla and Kihelkonna and was a member of the Estonian parliament from 2003 to 2007.

Indrek Saar received a master's degree in acting from the theatre faculty of the Estonian Academy of Music in 1996.

Indrek Saar speaks Estonian, English, Danish and Russian, with a limited proficiency in German and French.

In 1995, Indrek Saar was cast the role of Raim Randver in the long-running ETV drama Onne 13.

Indrek Saar appeared in the role as a regular cast member until 2015.

From 1996 to 2005, Indrek Saar was the director of Rakvere Theatre.

Indrek Saar has served as the member of the supervisory boards of the Estonian public broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhaaling, Rakvere Theatre, Theatre NO99, the Estonian National Opera, the Estonian Academy of Arts and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.

Indrek Saar is a member of the Association of Professional Actors of Estonia and of the Estonian Stage Fight Society.

Since 2020, Indrek Saar has been a member of the executive board of the Estonian Olympic Committee.

Indrek Saar has been a member of the Social Democratic Party since 1998.

Indrek Saar was elected as the deputy chairman of the Social Democratic Party on 7 March 2009.

Indrek Saar served as the Secretary General of the party from 2011 to 2015.

Indrek Saar was the chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 9 June 2019 until 5 February 2022.

Indrek Saar has been the leader of the party organisations in Rakvere and Laane-Viru County.

Indrek Saar was first elected to Riigikogu in 2007 election with 1,855 votes.

Indrek Saar was elected again in the 2011 and 2015 elections, with 3,931 and 1,944 votes respectively.

Indrek Saar was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Estonian Parliament from 2019 to 2023.

Indrek Saar was appointed Secretary General of the Social Democratic Party in 2011, his candidacy was proposed by the party chairman Sven Mikser.

Indrek Saar was the minister of culture of Estonia in the second cabinet of prime minister Taavi Roivas and the first cabinet of prime minister Juri Ratas from 9 April 2015 to 29 April 2019, making him the longest-serving Estonian minister of culture.