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Jaak Madison | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of the European Parliament for Estonia | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
Member of the Riigikogu | |
In office 30 March 2015 – 12 June 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Järva Parish, Estonia | 22 April 1991
Political party | KE (2024–present) |
Other political affiliations | EKRE (2013–2024) |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University of Tartu |
Jaak Madison (born 22 April 1991)[1] is an Estonian politician and a member the European Parliament, where he is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Trade.[2] He was member and deputy chairman of the Conservative People's Party of Estonia until leaving the party in June 2024[3] and joining Estonian Centre Party.[4]
Madison was first elected to the Riigikogu in 2015 election with 1,883 votes.[5] In April 2017, he was elected as the deputy chairman of the EKRE party.[6] In 2019 he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament with 22 819 votes.[7] He was reeelected in EKRE list in 2024 with 32,868 votes.[8] Despite promising to stay at the Identity and Democracy group of the European Parliament on 1 July 2024,[9] he left ID and joined European Conservatives and Reformists on 4 July 2024.[10]
Madison has a Bachelor of Laws degree, completed in 2023 at the Faculty of Law at University of Tartu.[11]