Aimar Altosaar (born 1959) is an Estonian sociologist, journalist and politician. He was a member of IX Riigikogu. [1] He was the Secretary General of the Pro Patria Union party from 1995 until 1999 and again from 2004 until 2006. [2]
Altosaar was born Antsla. He graduated from Tartu State University in 1982 with a degree in social psychology and a postgraduate degree from the Estonian Academy of Sciences in 1988. [3]
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