Biography

Heidy Purga (born March 18, 1975) is an Estonian radio and television presenter, television director, journalist and politician. She has been a member of the XIII Riigikogu and XIV Riigikogu. Purga was sworn in as Minister of Culture in the third cabinet of Kaja Kallas on 17 April 2023. From 1994 to 1996 she studied theatre director discipline at Tallinn University. In 2002 she graduated from Concordia International University Estonia in electronic media. She have been the presenter, producer and editor of several television and radio channels. From 2008 to 2015 she was the producer for song contest Eesti Laul. Since 2014 she is a member of Estonian Reform Party.