Sigrid Soomlais

Sigrid Soomlais is a prominent Estonian civil servant currently serving as the Deputy Secretary General for Regional Development at the Ministry of Rural Affairs. With a background in regional policy and public administration, she has been involved in various initiatives aimed at improving regional development and sustainability in Estonia. Recently, she was in the news for announcing that students and pensioners would soon have to start paying for bus tickets on county bus lines, a decision that sparked significant debate about public transport funding and access.