Tunne Kelam
Tunne-Väldo Kelam (born July 10, 1936 in Taheva , Estonia ) is an Estonian politician. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2019 .
education
Tunne Kelam was born as Tunne Sink in southern Estonia. His father was the Evangelical Lutheran cleric, artist and poet Peeter Sink (1902–1957), his mother the composer Marje Sink (née Gildemann, 1910–1979).
He graduated from high school in Tallinn in 1954 and studied history at Tartu State University . From 1959 to 1965 he was a research assistant at the Estonian State Archives. From 1959 to 1970 he was also a lecturer and lecturer in international relations at the Teadus Association .
From 1965 to 1975 Tunne Kelam worked as a senior editor for the comprehensive encyclopedia of Soviet Estonia ( Eesti Nõukogude Entsüklopeedia ), but was released from his duties because of anti- Soviet views. Officially listed as an employee of the Estonian National Library , he was not allowed to practice his profession until 1979. After that he was entrusted with politically irrelevant tasks, including as a worker in a chicken farm.
dissident
During the perestroika era in the late 1980s, Tunne Kelam became one of Estonia's leading dissidents. In 1988 he founded the Estonian National Independence Party ( Eesti Rahvusliku Sõltumatuse Party ) with companions . In 1989/90 he was a member of the "Estonian Central Committee of Citizens" ( Eesti Kodanike Peakomitee ), which campaigned for the separation from the Soviet Union and the regaining of Estonian independence. From 1990 to 1992 Kelam was chairman of the Estonian Committee, the executive arm of the "Estonian Congress", which competed with the Supreme Soviet (later the Supreme Council) for political power in Estonia.
Politician
With the recovery of Estonian independence and the meeting of the freely elected Estonian Parliament ( Riigikogu ) in the summer of 1992, Tunne Kelam became a member of parliament. From 1992 to 2003 he was Deputy Speaker of Parliament.
From 1993 to 1995 Tunne Kelam was chairman of the Estonian National Independence Party. In 1995 the party merged under his leadership with the national alliance "Pro Patria" to form the right-wing conservative Fatherland Union ( Isamaaliit ), of which he was chairman from 2002 to 2005. In 2002/2003 Kelam was the representative of the Estonian Parliament in the European Convention .
In 2004 Tunne Kelam was elected to the European Parliament as one of six Estonian MPs . In the European elections in 2009 and 2014 he was able to maintain his seat in Strasbourg.
Kelam was as EU leaders in May 2015 Russia with a travel ban occupied.
Private life
Tunne Kelam is married to the politician and librarian Mari-Ann Kelam (* 1946). He has a daughter from a previous marriage. Tunne Kelam's brother is the Estonian composer Kuldar Sink (1942–1995).
Web links
- Tunne Kelam website (Estonian and English)
- Entry for Tunne Kelam in the Members' database of the European Parliament
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Borcholter: Entry bans: Russia accuses EU politicians of showing behavior. In: Spiegel Online. May 31, 2015, accessed June 1, 2015 .
- ^ RUS: Russian Visa Blocking List. (PDF 23 KB) In: yle.fi. May 26, 2015, accessed June 1, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kelam, Tunne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kelam, Tunne-Väldo (full name); Sink, tune |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian politician, member of the Riigikogu, MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taheva , Estonia |