Siim Valmar Kiisler (born 6 November 1965) is an Estonianpolitician, a member of the Parempoolsed, former member of Isamaa (Pro Patria and Res Publica Union).
He was president of the advisory council of the company Glacier Eesti AS between 1995 and 2003.
Married, he is the father of four boys (Taavi Kalle, Heiki Rein, Mati Kalev, Arti Tanel) and a girl (Mari Helmi). He speaks Estonian, English, Russian, and Finnish.
Political careeredit
He was elected to the municipal council of Tallinn in 1999. In the same year, Siim-Valmer Kiisler became the governor of the Kesklinn district in Tallinn for two years.
Reelected to the municipal council in 2002, he left in 2003, to seek election as an MP in the Riigikogu. He was elected until 2005, and again between 2006 and 2007.
After the 2015 election, Kiisler became deputy group chairman of his party in the Riigikogu in 2016. On 12 June 2017, he was appointed Minister of the Environment in Ratas' first cabinet as the successor to Marko Pomerants. In the 2019 parliamentary election, he only received 379 votes and did not win re-election.[1] It was only through the death of his party colleague Mart Nutt that Kiisler returned to the government in June 2019.[2] After the resignation of Ratas' second cabinet, had to leave the government, receiving nearly €26,000 in compensation.[3]
In March 2022, the board of Isamaa expelled Kiisler from the party.[4] He later joined the Parempoolsed party as its only member in Riigikogu.
Hanno Pevkur (as Minister of the Interior and Regional Affairs)
April 12, 2024
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