group, Lauristin served as vice-chairwoman under the leadership of Gianni Pittella from 2014 until 2016. On the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Lauristin serves as the Parliament’s rapporteur in the ePrivacy Regulation. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the Parliament’s delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee. In 2017, Lauristin run for the city council of Tartu, while promising to step down from the European Parliament if she was elected. Lauristin was eventually elected with the second most votes in the electoral district. On 27 October 2017, Lauristin left the European Parliament, following the adoption in the LIBE committee of her report on the e-Privacy Regulation. References External links 1940 births Living people University of Tartu alumni Academic staff of the University of Tartu Government ministers of Estonia Members of the Riigikogu, 1992–1995 Members of the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Social Democratic Party (Estonia) politicians Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 2nd Class Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd Class MEPs for Estonia 2014–2019 Leaders of political parties in Estonia Women MEPs for Estonia Women government ministers of Estonia Resigned Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Women members of the Riigikogu Voters of the Estonian restoration of Independence Estonian independence activists 20th-century Estonian politicians 21st-century Estonian politicians Estonian sociologists Members of the Riigikogu, 1999–2003 20th-century Estonian women politicians 21st-century Estonian women politicians People from Tartu