Date and place of birth: 28 October 1945, Tallinn, Estonia
Marital status: Married, a son and a daughter
Education:  Moscow State University 1969, psychology, DSc in psychology 1987; Tallinn Secondary School No 10 1964
Career: 10th and 11th Riigikogu 2003–;  Estonian Academy of Sciences, VP 1994–2004; University of Tartu since 1969: prof. of psychology, non-tenured prof. of developmental psychology since 1992, vice-rector 1992–1993, rector 1993–1998
Party affiliation: Pro Patria and Res Publica Union 1999–
Membership in representative bodies: 10th and 11th Riigikogu 2003–;
Tartu City Council, chair 1999–2001 
Social activities: member: the European Academy of Sciences and Arts; the Russian Academy of Education and Social Sciences; honorary doctor, Voronezh State University; member of the Boards of Greifswald University and the Aleksander Institute of Helsinki University; chair, Dept of Humanities and Social Sciences, Estonian Academy of Sciences; chair, Estonian Literary Society 1998–2003; chair of the Board, National Library of Estonia; member, Board of Governors, Estonian University of Life Sciences; Board member, European Movement Estonia; member, Council of Elders, Estonian Defence League
Creative activities: books on psychology in Estonian, Russian and English, including The Cultural-Historical Development of Verbal Thinking (New York 1991), and articles in the Estonian and foreign press. Collections of articles Rektoriraamat (The Rector’s Book) 1998; Vademecum: Peeter Tulviste 2001; President kui sillaehitaja (The President as Bridge Builder) 2001; a book for bibliophiles Messia ootel (Waiting for the Messiah) 2005. Also, joke collections, literary translations from German (Musil, Enzensberger) and translations of philosophers (Schweitzer, Kon etc.)
Awards: Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd class 2006; White Cross of the Estonian Defence League, 3rd class 2002; Order of the National Coat of Arms, 4th class 1998; Royal Order of the Northern Star, Sweden, 1st class 1995
Interests: bibliophily
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