Tarmo Kõuts

Tarmo Kõuts

Tarmo Kõuts (born November 27, 1953 in Pihtla , Saaremaa ) is an Estonian politician and officer. From 2000 to 2006 he was in command of the Estonian Armed Forces .

Life

Tarmo Kõuts was born in Pihtla, on the island of Saaremaa (then in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, which was part of the Soviet Union ). After school (1961–1969) and vocational training (1969–1973), he began working as a seaman in 1973. While working for a company from his home country, he attended a naval school in Kaliningrad from 1978 to 1985 , where he was trained as a nautical officer .

After working as an officer and captain for the next few years, he was director of the Estonian Naval Academy in Tallinn from 1990 to 1993 . He then moved to the border troops of Estonia, which had regained its independence, and was their director until 2000. On September 21, 2000 he was appointed military commander of the armed forces. Two years later, Kõuts was promoted to Vice Admiral ( Estonian : viitseadmiral).

In 2006, he ended his military career, moved into politics and was in 2007 as a representative of the so Isamaa Res Publica Liit (IRL) in the Estonian Parliament ( Riigikogu selected). When the candidates were nominated for the 2011 election , he was no longer considered by the IRL and left parliament after only one legislative period.

Tarmo Kõuts is married and has one adult son. In addition to his mother tongue, he also speaks Russian, English, German and Finnish. His personal interests include fishing, hunting, and sailing.

Awards

Tarmo Kõuts received the following state awards:

	Class II of the Order of the Eagle Cross (1998)
	Grand Cross of the Norwegian Order of Merit (2002)
	1st class of the Westhard Order (2005)
	Class II of the Order of the National Coat of Arms (2005)
	Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (2006)

Web links

Commons : Tarmo Kõuts  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Eesti kaitseväe juhataja ( Memento from February 23, 2005 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Online report on delfi.ee of August 24, 2006, accessed on February 7, 2015 (Estonian).
2. ↑ Overview of Members of the XI. Riigikogu , accessed February 21, 2016 (Estonian).
3. ↑ Candidate overview on the website of the Election Commission , accessed on February 21, 2016 (Estonian).
4. ↑ Overview of Members of the XII. Riigikogu , accessed February 21, 2016 (Estonian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Johannes Kert	Kaitseväe juhatajad 2000-2006	Ants Laaneots