Ester Tuiksoo

Ester Tuiksoo (born 5 March 1965, in Põlva) is an Estonian politician and business executive.

She has been a member of the XI and XII Riigikogu, representing the People's Union of Estonia and from 2010, the Estonian Centre Party.

[2] She graduated from the University of Tartu in 1983 with a degree in commercial economics.

[1] Tuiksoo was convicted in 2014 of accepting bribes in a land swap deal.

She was given a three month suspended sentence and later appealed to the European Human Rights Council and requested a presidential pardon.