Lagle Parek [SEP] place of birth
Lagle Parek
Lagle Parek (born 17 April 1941 in Pärnu) is an Estonian politician. She served as the Minister of the Interior in the first post-Soviet occupation government, led by the prime minister Mart Laar.
Biography.
Lagle Parek was born on 17 April 1941 in Pärnu (at that time the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic) and was the daughter of the former captain of the Military of Estonia Charles Parek (1903 - 1941) and his wife Elsbeth Parek, a museum director (born in 1902
).
Conversion to Roman Catholicism.
In the mid-1990s Lagle Parek adopted Catholicism. She is head of the non-profit association Caritas Eesti, entering the international Catholic charity confederation Caritas. In recent years, Lagle Parek is living in the Pirita Convent in Pirita.
Pullapää crisis.
Parek resigned on 27 November 1993 in the aftermath of the Pullapää crisis. Before her, Hain Rebas, the Minister of Defence, had resigned over the same crisis.
Awards.
- 1996 - Order of the National