Jüri Pihl

Jüri Pihl
Jüri Pihl in 2008.
Minister of the Interior
In office 5 April 2007 – 21 May 2009
Prime Minister	Andrus Ansip
Preceded by	Kalle Laanet
Succeeded by	Marko Pomerants
Personal details
Born	(1954-03-17) 17 March 1954 (age 63) Kuressaare, Estonia
Political party	Social Democratic Party

Jüri Pihl (born 17 March 1954 in Kuressaare) is an Estonian politician, a member of the Social Democratic Party.

From 1993 to 2003 he served as the General Director of Kaitsepolitsei, the central security institution in Estonia. After that, from 2003 to 2005 he was the Attorney General of the Republic of Estonia.

From 5 April 2007 to 21 May 2009 he was the Minister of the Interior in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip. He was dismissed when the Social Democratic Party decided to leave the coalition.

From 7 March 2009 to 16 October 2010 he was the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party.