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Mart Laar
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Mart Laar is an Estonian politician, writer, and historian born in Viljandi in 1960. He holds citizenship in Estonia and speaks Estonian. His professional career includes serving as the Prime Minister of Estonia, Minister of Defence, and Member of the European Parliament. He has worked in Tallinn, Strasbourg, and Brussels, and was employed by the Bank of Estonia. Laar is educated at the University of Tartu.
He is a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, the Mont Pelerin Society, and the Estonian Students' Society. His political affiliations include the Pro Patria Union and Isamaa. Laar received the Order of the White Rose of Finland. As an author, he has written two works, including *The Challenge for Europe* and *September 1944*. His field of work is history.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- The Challenge for Europe
- September 1944
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Key facts
- President
- Lennart Meri , Arnold Rüütel
- Preceded by
- Mart Siimann
- Succeeded by
- Siim Kallas
- Prime minister
- Andrus Ansip
- Born
- ( 1960-04-22 ) 22 April 1960 (age 66) , Viljandi , then part of Estonian SSR , Soviet Union
- Party
- Pro Patria
- Alma mater
- University of Tartu
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Estonia
- Place of birth
- Viljandi
- Occupation
- historian
- Educated at
- University of Tartu
- Employer
- Bank of Estonia
- Political party
- Isamaa
- Languages spoken
- Estonian
- Field of work
- history
- Image
- Mart Laar.png
- Work location
- Brussels
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- member of
- Estonian Students' Society
- Commons category
- Mart Laar
- date of birth
- 1960-04-22
- name in native language
- Mart Laar
- social media followers
- 3142
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Encyclopedic overview
Mart Laar (born 22 April 1960) is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. Laar is credited with having helped bring about Estonia's rapid economic development during the 1990s. He is a member of the centre-right Isamaa party.
In April 2011, Mart Laar became Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and served until his resignation for reasons of health in May 2012.
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