Hanno Pevkur

Hanno Pevkur (born 2 April 1977) is an Estonian politician who is currently the Minister of Defence.

On 23 February 2009, Pevkur replaced Maret Maripuu as the Minister of Social Affairs, after Maripuu decided to step down due to a scandal caused by the Ministry's inability to ensure home delivery of pensions and timely welfare payments.

On 23 October 2017, Pevkur was elected as a deputy speaker of the Riigikogu to replace Taavi Rõivas, who had resigned following a sexual harassment scandal.

[4] On 13 December 2017, Pevkur announced that he would not run for the chairmanship of the Reform Party anymore in January 2018.

[6] In addition to his native Estonian, he speaks Russian, English, German and Finnish.