Alar Laneman

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Alar Laneman (2019)

Alar Laneman (born May 6, 1962 in Tartu ) is an Estonian politician and brigadier general a. D., who was the operational commander of the Estonian Armed Forces until December 2008 .

Life

Laneman graduated from high school in Pärnu in 1980 and then attended a military academy in Tallinn .

Military career

Alar Laneman served in the Red Army from 1981 to 1991 and then joined the Estonian Armed Forces, which were being reorganized . From 1992 to 1994 he served in the Kalevi Infantry Battalion (most recently as its commander). This was followed by an assignment abroad in 1994. Between 1995 and 1998 he was the first commander of the Baltic Joint Battalion (BALTBAT). From 1998 to 2001 Laneman attended postgraduate studies at the Swedish Military Academy.

From 2001 to 2002 he was Chief of Staff of the Army - from 2002 to 2007 Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces. In this post he was promoted to Brigadier General in 2005. After working as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, another study abroad (at the Royal College of Defense Studies ) followed, after which Alar Laneman was deployed as operational commander of the Estonian armed forces. During a reorganization on January 1, 2009, this post was abolished - Laneman resigned from active service at his own request and has been a reserve officer since then .

Activity in politics

After retiring from military service, Laneman began to get involved in local politics in Paikuse and Pärnu . He also worked as a primary school teacher in Sauga from 2011 to 2019 . In the general election in 2019 , he entered as a candidate of the Estonian Conservative People's Party at (Ekre). In the constituency of Pärnu, he managed to win a seat in parliament in the Riigikogu with 673 votes .

Private

Alar Laneman is married and has three daughters. His hobbies include a. Tennis and hunting.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release of the Estonian Armed Forces of December 17, 2008, accessed on June 7, 2015 (Estonian)
  2. ↑ Candidate profile on the EKRE website , accessed on March 23, 2019 (Estonian)
  3. ↑ Online report of the Electoral Commission of March 8, 2019, accessed on March 23, 2019 (Estonian)
personal data
SURNAME Laneman, Alar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian politician and former brigadier general
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Tartu