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Liisa-Ly Pakosta is the Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs of the Republic of Estonia from 23 July2024. She is a member of the Eesti200 Party.
Liisa-Ly Pakosta was born on 3 September 1969 in Tallinn. She is in a non-marital partnership and a mother of five.
Liisa-Ly Pakosta graduated from the University of Tartu in 1993 with a degree in history and from Tallinn University in 2021 with a master’s degree in law. She has started her doctoral studies in law at the University of Tartu in 2022.
In 2023 L.-L. Pakosta was awarded the Commander Cross of the Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star.
The main duty of the Ministry of Justice is to plan and to carry out a legal and criminal policy of the state, which will help ensure an open and secure society, where people may be assured of the use and protection of their rights.
To that end, the Ministry of Justice:
- shall coordinate, together with other institution, the combat against crime, in order to reduce the damage inflicted upon society by crime and to increase the feeling of security among the population;
- shall guarantee smoothness of case management by quick and effective proceedings, and by high-quality and available legal assistance;
- shall guarantee legal certainty and create prerequisites for economic growth by insuring protection of economic rights, effective execution proceeding, availability of notarial services, and quality of court registers;
- shall strengthen the principles of a democratic state based on the rule of law by helping to guarantee the fundamental rights of the people and by structuring state management.
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