Indrek Toome
Indrek Toome (born September 19, 1943 in Tallinn ) is a former communist politician and current businessman in Estonia . From 1988 to 1990 he was the last head of government of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic .
Indrek Toome was born into a working class family. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute in Tallinn ( Estonian Tallinna Polütehniline Instituut , today Tallinn University of Technology ) as an electrical engineer . His nephew is the musician Koit Toome , who represented Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017 .
From 1972 to 1990 Toome held various high positions in the Leninist Communist Youth Association of Estonia ( Eestimaa Leninlik Kommunistlik Noorsooühing - ELKNÜ) and the Communist Party of Estonia (EKP).
From November 16, 1988 to 1990, Indrek Toome was chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Estonian SSR and thus communist head of government of Estonia. Due to the pressure of the Singing Revolution, he initiated the peaceful separation of Estonia from the rule of the CPSU . With the collapse of Soviet rule in Estonia, on April 3, 1990, he handed over his office to the first freely elected Prime Minister of Estonia after the Second World War , Edgar Savisaar . On January 20, 1991, Estonia regained its national independence.
From 1990 to 1992 Toome was a member of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti Vabariigi Ülemnõukogu ), the parliament until the first meeting of the Riigikogu . Indrek Toome has been a co-owner of a real estate company since 1992. In 1995 he was fined by the Tallinn District Court for attempted bribery .
Publications
- From the life of the youth of Soviet Estonia , Tallinn: Verlag Perioodika 1981 (translation from Estonian, also into other languages)
Web links
- Indrek Toome valikud (Elukiri, No. 8/2007)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Toome, Indrek |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian politician, member of the Riigikogu, head of government |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn |