Minister of Justice Lea Danilson-Järg

Lea Danilson-Järg is the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Estonia from 18 July 2022. She is a member of the Isamaa Party.

Lea Danilson-Järg was born in Tallinn on 27 November 1977. She is married and a mother to two daughters and a son. Danilson-Järg joined the Isamaa Party in 2022. In 1998–2004, she was a member of the Moderate People’s Party.

Employment history and career

• In 2018–2019 and 2021–2022, she was the editor of the population politics focus page at AS Postimees Grupp.
• In 2019–2021, she was the head of the Department of Population and Family Policy at the Ministry of the Interior.
• In 2017–2018, she was an analyst for MTÜ Eesti Sündimusuuringud (Estonian Birth Surveys).
• In 2014–2016, she was an information specialist of the Parliament Information Centre at the National Library of Estonia.
• In 2001–2004, she was an adviser for the Rector of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences.

Education

Lea Danilson-Järg graduated from the Tallinn University of Technology in 2002 with a degree in public administration. She speaks Estonian as a native language, plus English, Russian and Finnish as foreign languages.

Other

Nominated for the Aino Järvesoo award in 2021.