Andres Sutt is Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee

Today, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) elected Andres Sutt as its Chairman. Enn Eesmaa will continue as the Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

The extraordinary elections of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee were held due to the resignation of the previous Chairman Marko Mihkelson. According to the Riigikogu Rules of Procedure and Internal Rules Act, the chair and deputy chair of a committee are elected simultaneously.

Besides Sutt, Eesmaa and Mihkelson, other members of the Foreign Affairs Committee are Maria Jufereva-Skuratovski, Eerik-Niiles Kross, Mihhail Lotman, Henn Põlluaas, Mailis Reps and Indrek Saar.