Field of expertise: Employment and media

Yana Toom has extensive experience in journalism, having worked as a correspondent and editor of various Estonian newspapers including Molodjož Estonii, Den za Dnjom, Vesti Nedel and Stolitsa.

In 2010, she entered politics and was nominated the Deputy Mayor of Tallinn. The following year, she was elected as a Member of the Riigikogu, a role which she covered until she was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2014.

Toom served on the Committee on Petitions (since 2014) and the Committee on Regional Development (since 2021). She was previously a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (2014–2021) and her parliamentary group's coordinator on the Committee on Culture and Education (2014–2019).

In addition to her committee assignments, Toom has been part of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee since 2014. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital, the European Parliament Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights and the European Parliament Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages.

Toom was re-elected in 2019 and in 2024.