Toomas Alatalu

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Toomas Alatalu (born 23 August 1942 in Rakvere) is an Estonian historian, educator, political commentator and politician. He has been a member of VII, VIII and X Riigikogu. [1]

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Education

Alatalu graduated from Pärnu Secondary School No. 4  [ et ] in 1960 and from the Faculty of History and Linguistics of Tartu State University in 1965, majoring in history. [2]

In 1977, he defended his PhD in philosophy at Leningrad State University with the dissertation Революционная ситуация и особенности ее созревания в Латинской Америке (The Revolutionary Situation and Peculiarities of Its Maturation in Latin America). [3]

Political career

From 1999 until 2005 he belonged to the Estonian Centre Party. From 2005 until 2009, he was a member of the People's Union of Estonia party. Between 2009 and 2018, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Juhatus ja liikmed". Riigikogu (in Estonian). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Sexton, William (April 21, 1976). "The Other Detente—With Soviet Minorities". Newsday (Suffolk Edition). Melville, NY. p. 45. Retrieved January 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ "Toomas Alatalu". Estonian Research Information System (ETIS). Ministry of Education and Research. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
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