HELJO PIKHOF

Date and place of birth: 20 October 1958, Tartu

Family: divorced, one son and one daughter

Education: Miina Härma Gymnasium (former Tartu Secondary School No. 2) 1977; University of Tartu, law 1985  (equivalent to Master’s degree)

Career: Southern High Voltage Power Networks, engineer 1985–1990; Association of Tartu Health Care Professionals Trade Unions, Chairman 1990–1993; Professional Association of Estonian Middle-Level Health Workers, legal adviser 1993–1999; Adviser to the Minister of Social Affairs 1999–2002; Nordic Council of Minister Information Bureau, Project Leader 2002; Riigikogu Reform Party Faction, Adviser 2002–2003; Tartu Aviation College, legal adviser 2004

Party affiliation: People's Party Moderates/Social Democratic Party 1996–, Vice-Chairman

Membership in representative bodies: 11^th Riigikogu (Chairman of the Social Affairs Committee 2007–2009), 12^th Riigikogu (Deputy Chairman of the Security Authorities Surveillance Committee 2011–2014, Chairman of the Social Affairs Committee 2014–2015), 13^th Riigikogu (Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee); Tartu City Council 1996–1999, 2002–2007, 2017–, also elected in 2009 and 2013

Social and other activities: Estonian Association of Enterprising Women; SDP Women’s Assembly Kadri, Member of the Board; Association of Senior Social Democrats, Secretary General; articles in the Estonian press

Creative Activities: articles in the Estonian press

Hobbies: film, theatre, swimming, travelling

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