Minister of Culture Heidy Purga

Employment history and career

• Since 2017, she has been a member of the Tallinn City Council.
• In 2015–2023, she was a member of the 13th and 14th Riigikogu.
• In 2014–2015, she was an advisor to the board of Estonian Public Broadcasting.
• In 2004–2013, she was the Editor-in-Chief of Radio 2 and the Head Producer of Eesti Laul.
• In 2002–2004, she was the Editor-in-Chief and a presenter of Raadio 2.
• In 1997–2002, she was an editor and presenter at TV3.
• In 1995–1997, she was an editor and broadcaster at Estonian Public Broadcasting.

Education

In 1994–1996 studied at the Tallinn Pedagogical University in stage directing and from Concordia International University in 2002 in Electronic Media.

Language skills

Native language: Estonian. Also speaks English and Russian.

Organizational affiliation

Purga joined the Estonian Reform Party in 2014.

Personal life

Heidy Purga was born on 18 March 1975. She is in a common-law marriage and the mother of a son.

Other

Interests include music.

Minister of Culture Heidy Purga. Photo: Renee Altrov