Tiit Vahi
Tiit Vähi (born January 10, 1947 in Valga ) is an Estonian politician and businessman. He was Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia in 1992 and from 1995 to 1997.
Early years
After graduating from high school, Tiit Vähi studied engineering at the Tallinn University of Technology . During the Soviet occupation of Estonia, Tiit Vähi was director of a trucking company in Valga. During the period of perestroika he went into politics. In Valga County , he campaigned for Estonian independence to be regained and for the transition to a liberal market economy.
politics
From 1989 to 1992 Vähi was Minister of Transport in the Estonian government. During this time he managed to restore Estonian control over the airports, ports and railways of Estonia. From 1991 he was special envoy for the economically hard hit north-east Estonia with its heavy industry. From January to October 1992 Vähi was Estonian Prime Minister for the first time. He formed his cabinet largely from technocrats and specialists. Vähi introduced the Estonian kroon as currency and founded the Estonian Privatization Agency ( Eesti Erastamisagentuur ), whose task was the privatization of the former Soviet state-owned companies.
The Estonian coalition party ( Koonderakond ), co-founded by Tiit Vähi, won the parliamentary elections in 1995 under his chairmanship. From April 1995 to March 1997, Vähi was again prime minister.
Entrepreneur
In 1999 the Estonian coalition party fell apart and Vähi joined the liberal Estonian Reform Party . After 1998, however, Vähi mainly devoted himself to his work as an entrepreneur in the Ida-Viru district in the mainly Russian-speaking northeast of Estonia near Narva . His life's accomplishments are the transfer of an operation from the former military-industrial complex to Silmet , which processes rare earths , and the development of the port of Sillamäe.
literature
- Munzinger International Biographical Archive 29/1997 of July 7, 1997 (lm)
Web links
- Newspaper article about Tiit Vähi (Estonian)
Edgar Savisaar (1990-1992) | Tiit Vähi (1992) | Mart Laar (1992-1994) | Andres Tarand (1994-1995) | Tiit Vahi (1995-1997) | Mart Siimann (1997-1999) | Mart Laar (1999-2001) | Siim Kallas (2002-2003) | Juhan Parts (2003-2005) | Andrus Ansip (2005-2014) | Taavi Rõivas (2014–2016) | Jüri Ratas (since 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vahi, Tiit |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian politician and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valga |