13 Facts About Lagle Parek

Lagle Parek was born on 17 April 1941 and is an Estonian politician.

Lagle Parek served as the Minister of the Interior in the first post-soviet government, led by the Prime Minister Mart Laar.

Lagle Parek was born on 17 April 1941 in Parnu and was the daughter of the former captain of the Military of Estonia Karl Parek.

Lagle Parek's mother was found to have had forbidden books in her museum, and was kept in prison in Siberia until an amnesty in 1953.

Lagle Parek lived with her grandmother in Siberia and was able to return home after the death of Stalin.

Lagle Parek graduated from the Tallinn University of Technology and worked as an architect in the organs of the State Planning Commission, then as a technician and technologist in design institute in Tartu.

On 10 October 1981, Lagle Parek participated in the signing of an open letter to the heads of government of the USSR and the countries of northern Europe, in which the authors supporting the Soviet leadership, approved the Scandinavian Nuclear-weapon-free zone initiative and proposed to extend this initiative to the Baltic states, as well as proposing the removal of Soviet missiles from their territory.

Lagle Parek participated in the publication of Samizdat journals, as well as liaising with dissidents in Russia.

From 1990 to 1992 Lagle Parek participated in the Congress of Estonia, seen as an "alternative parliament".

Lagle Parek was a member of the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union party, formed in 1995 through the merger of ERSP and the National Coalition Party along with the "Fatherland" Party, to create the "Isamaaliit", and then in 2006, she was a member of the Pro Patria Union and Res Publica Party.

Lagle Parek is head of the non-profit association Caritas Eesti, entering the international Catholic charity confederation Caritas Internationalis.

In recent years, Lagle Parek has been living in the Pirita Convent in Pirita.

Lagle Parek resigned on 27 November 1993 in the aftermath of the Pullapaa crisis.