General information
Each and every resolution that is passed in this hall should be based on the best and the most diverse analysis possible, and always consider Estonia as a whole. The Riigikogu must not act as the rubber stamp of the Government and produce defective laws; there should be more debates instead of overriding others with a road roller.
Parliamentary group:
Committee:
Electoral district:
E-mail:
Phone:
+372 631 6674
Seniority in days:
3322
Date of birth:
11.06.1953
Place of birth:
Tallinn
Family:
Married, four children, seven grandchildren
Education:
Kadriorg German Gymnasium (former Tallinn Secondary School No. 42) 1971;
University of Tartu, Genetics (equivalent to Master’s degree) 1976.
University of Tartu, Genetics (equivalent to Master’s degree) 1976.
Career:
Tallinn Zoo, researcher 1976–1980;
Estonian Museum of Natural History, Zoology Department, Head 1980–1988, Director 1989–1997;
magazine Luup, Editor-in-Chief 1998–2002;
newspaper Postimees, special correspondent 2002–2004;
newspaper Maaleht, Editor-in-Chief 2004–2007, Deputy Editor-in-Chief 2008–2015;
Tallinn Centre District Administration, Public Relations Adviser 2015.
Estonian Museum of Natural History, Zoology Department, Head 1980–1988, Director 1989–1997;
magazine Luup, Editor-in-Chief 1998–2002;
newspaper Postimees, special correspondent 2002–2004;
newspaper Maaleht, Editor-in-Chief 2004–2007, Deputy Editor-in-Chief 2008–2015;
Tallinn Centre District Administration, Public Relations Adviser 2015.
Party affiliation:
Estonian Centre Party 2015–2018, 2025–;
Estonian Conservative People’s Party 2018–2024;
Estonian Nationalists and Conservatives 2024.
Estonian Conservative People’s Party 2018–2024;
Estonian Nationalists and Conservatives 2024.
Membership in representative bodies:
13th Riigikogu, 14th Riigikogu (Chairman of Study Committee to Solve the Demographic Crisis 2020–2021), 15th Riigikogu 2025– (Deputy Chair of Legal Affairs Committee 2025–);
Elva Rural Municipality Council 2021–2025
Elva Rural Municipality Council 2021–2025
Awards:
Order of the White Star, 5th Class 2004.
Other activities:
Uisge Beatha Club;
Estonian Native Cattle Breeders’ Association, Member of Board 2024–;
Estonian Union of Journalists, Chairman 2008–2014;
Author of Ei või olla 2014, Mõned mu naabrid 2003, Raha pärast armastust 2004, Kivialused ja teised 2005, 101 Eesti looma 2012, Jäljeaabits 2013, and Viimane Rüütel. Arnold Rüütli jäljed Eesti pinnal ja ajas 2017;
co-author of Raha pärast armastust 2004;
translator of Life of Animals. Volume 7. Mammals 1987.
Co-author of 1995 Estonian Human Development Report;
interviewer in the video movie Savisaar. Hetked ja arvamused 2011. Presenter of talk shows on Raadio Kuku and on TV: Otseliin (ETV), Metsaomaniku kool (TV3), Vaba mõtte klubi, Otse kümnesse (Tallinna TV). Numerous articles and pieces of investigative journalism in the Estonian press.
Exhibition of landscape paintings in Amandus Adamson Studio Museum 2023;
exhibition of paintings “En plein air” in Harju County Library 2025.
Estonian Native Cattle Breeders’ Association, Member of Board 2024–;
Estonian Union of Journalists, Chairman 2008–2014;
Author of Ei või olla 2014, Mõned mu naabrid 2003, Raha pärast armastust 2004, Kivialused ja teised 2005, 101 Eesti looma 2012, Jäljeaabits 2013, and Viimane Rüütel. Arnold Rüütli jäljed Eesti pinnal ja ajas 2017;
co-author of Raha pärast armastust 2004;
translator of Life of Animals. Volume 7. Mammals 1987.
Co-author of 1995 Estonian Human Development Report;
interviewer in the video movie Savisaar. Hetked ja arvamused 2011. Presenter of talk shows on Raadio Kuku and on TV: Otseliin (ETV), Metsaomaniku kool (TV3), Vaba mõtte klubi, Otse kümnesse (Tallinna TV). Numerous articles and pieces of investigative journalism in the Estonian press.
Exhibition of landscape paintings in Amandus Adamson Studio Museum 2023;
exhibition of paintings “En plein air” in Harju County Library 2025.
Hobbies:
politics, society, nature, painting, animal photography.