Lavly Perling

Lavly Perling
Lavly Perling in 2021
Prosecutor General of Estonia
In office
31 October 2014 – 30 October 2019
Preceded byNorman Aas
Succeeded byAndres Parmas
Leader of Parempoolsed
Assumed office
18 August 2022
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
BornLavly Lepp
(1975-09-26) 26 September 1975
PartyParempoolsed (2022-)
Other political
affiliations
Isamaa (2021-2022)
Alma materUniversity of Tartu, Law (BA), 1997

Lavly Perling (born 26 September 1975) is an Estonian lawyer and politician.[1] Since 2022, she has been the head of the Parempoolsed party.[2]

She graduated from Hugo Treffner Gymnasium. In 1997, she graduated from the University of Tartu.[1]

Career

Since 1996, she has worked in different judicial positions. On 31 October 2014, she was made Prosecutor General of Estonia and she served for one term until 2019.[1] In 2021, she left the Prosecutor's Office, claiming that this way her speech was free.[3]

In 2021, she joined Isamaa. With 579 votes, she was elected to the Saue municipal council in the 2021 Estonian municipal elections on the list of Isamaa.[4] She was elected the vice chair of the Saue municipal council.[5] After being kicked out of Isamaa in 2022, she founded the Parempoolsed party.[2]

In the 2023 Estonian parliamentary election, she won 2,443 votes in the Riigikogu electoral district no. 4 but failed to be elected. Her party got 2.3% of the vote in the election, making it eligible for state funding.[6]

In the 2025 Estonian municipal elections, she won 3,155 votes in the Kesklinn district of the Tallinn City Council and was elected as a councillor. Her party got 7.6% of the vote in Tallinn and 4.7% nationwide.

Personal life

She has three children[7] and was married to Jüri Pihl from 2008 to 2010. She is currently married to Martin Perling, an Internal Security Service officer.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lavly Perling astus Parempoolsete toetajaliikmeks". Eesti (in Estonian). 25 November 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 "VIDEO ja FOTOD | Parempoolsed tegid erakonna. Lavly Perling: oleme nüüd Eestis ainuke tõeliselt parempoolne erakond". Delfi (in Estonian). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Lavly Perling lahkus prokuröriteenistusest: nii on minu sõna vaba". Delfi (in Estonian). Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  4. ↑ Wiseman Interactive Oü www.wiseman.ee. "Valimised". kov2021.valimised.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Saue Vallavolikogu esimehena jätkab Harry Pajundi, aseesimehed on Lavly Perling ja Eero Kaljuste - Kõik uudised - Saue vald". sauevald.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Nii Vasakpartei kui ka Parempoolsed saavad riigi rahakotile küüned taha". Postimees (in Estonian). 6 March 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Peaprokurör tahab kohtus käia". Postimees (in Estonian). 31 October 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "KUHU KADUS ABIELUSÕRMUS? Lavly Perling: sellel on väga lihtne põhjus". www.ohtuleht.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 30 June 2026.