Mart Siimann

Mart Siimann (born 21 September 1946) was the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1997 to 1999, representing the liberal/centrist Estonian Coalition Party.[1] He was the president of the Estonian Olympic Committee from 2001 to 2012.[1]

Mart Siimann
12th Prime Minister of Estonia
In office
17 March 1997 – 25 March 1999
PresidentLennart Meri
Preceded byTiit Vähi
Succeeded byMart Laar
Personal details
Born (1946-09-21) 21 September 1946
Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonia
Political partyEstonian Coalition Party
Alma materUniversity of Tartu

Born at Kilingi-Nõmme, Siimann studied at the University of Tartu from 1965 to 1971. In 1971, he graduated as a philologist-psychologist. From 1989 to 1992, he was the director of the Estonian Television and from 1992 to 1995, Managing Director of Advertising Television Co. He was a member of the Estonian Parliament from 1995 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2003, elected as a Coalition Party member (but since 2001 served as the chairman of the centre-left/social democratic association "Mõistuse ja Südamega" ("With Reason and Heart")).

References
  1. Biography of Mart Siimann at the Estonian Olympic Committee, accessed 2010-08-17 (in Estonian) Archived September 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Political offices
Preceded by
Tiit Vähi		 Prime Minister of Estonia
1997 - 1999		 Succeeded by
Mart Laar
Preceded by
Tiit Nuudi		 President of Estonian Olympic Committee
2001–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.