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Raivo Põldaru

Member of the Riigikogu until 30.03.2019

General information

I have over 30 years of experience working in the leadership of various agencies and businesses. At the same time, I have also worked as a teacher of mathematics, physics, anatomy, history and social sciences in Põltsamaa Secondary School and Põltsamaa Vocational School, three schools in Jõgeva, and the Gymnasiums of Palamuse and Puurmanni. My family got back our ancestral farm under the Farm Act, and we have been running it for over 10 years now.

Electoral district:
Jõgevamaa and Tartumaa
Seniority in days:
1467
Date of birth:
29.05.1951
Place of birth:
in Põltsamaa, Jõgeva County
Family:
Married, one son and one daughter
Education:
Põltsamaa Coeducational Gymnasium 1969;
University of Tartu, mathematics 1974 (equivalent to Master’s degree)
Career:
Põltsamaa Secondary School, teacher of mathematics 1974–1975;
Central Committee of the Young Communist League of Estonia, Jõgeva District Committee, Schools Department, Head 1975–1976, Second Secretary 1976–1977;
ECP Jõgeva District Committee (Saduküla State Farm) 1977–1979;
Jõgeva Service Company, Deputy Director for Rural Services 1981–1983;
Jõgeva Control Centre, Director 1984–1999;
Saduküla Basic School, Director 1999–2010;
Puurmani Gymnasium, Director 2004–2006;
Saduküla Nursery and Elementary School, Director 2010–2013
Party affiliation:
Estonian People’s Union/Conservative People’s Party of Estonia 2000–
Membership in representative bodies:
13th Riigikogu (Deputy Chairman of the Study Committee to Solve the Demographic Crisis);
Puurmani Rural Municipality Council 2005–2009, 2011–2013;
Jõgeva Rural Municipality Council 2017–
Hobbies:
travelling and quizzes