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ARNOLD RÜÜTEL, President of the Republic of Estonia
CV in Facts
Born on 10 May 1928 in the rural municipality of Laimjala (on the island of Saaremaa), Estonia
Son of Feodor Rüütel and Juuli Rüütel
Married since 1959 to Ingrid Rüütel (née Ruus)
Two daughters, Maris (1958) and Anneli (1965)
EDUCATION
Jäneda Agricultural College, 1949
Agronomist, Estonian Agricultural Academy, 1964
Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, 1972
Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, 1991
CAREER AND PUBLIC SERVICE
1949-1950 Senior Agronomist, Department of Agriculture of Saaremaa 1950-1955 Military service
1955-1957 Teacher, Tartu School of Mechanization of Agriculture
1957-1963 Head Livestock Expert and Director, Experimental Farm of the Estonian Institute for Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Science
1963-1969 Director of the Tartu Model State Farm
1969-1977 Rector of the Estonian Agricultural Academy
1977-1979 Agriculture Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia
1979-1983 First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the ESSR
1983-1990 Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the ESSR
1990-1992 Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia, Champion of the restoration of Estonia's independence from 1988
1991-1992 Member of the Constitutional Assembly
1993-2001 Director of the Institute for National Development and Cooperation
1994-1999 Chairman of the Estonian Rural People's Party
1999-2000 Chairman of the Estonian People's Union
2000-2001 Honorary Chairman of the Estonian People's Union
1995-2001 Member of the Riigikogu (Parliament)
1995-1997 Vice-Chairman of the Riigikogu
1995-1999 Chairman of the ruling coalition's council
1995-1999 Head of the Delegation of the Riigikogu to the Baltic Assembly
1995-1999 Member, alternately Chairman, of the Presidium of the Baltic Assembly
2001- President of the Republic of Estonia
PUBLICATIONS
Memoirs:
"Tuleviku taassünd" (Estonia: Future Returned), 2003
ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES
1981-1988 Chairman of the Estonian Society for Nature Conservation; since 1989 Honorary Member
1989-2002 Chairman of the B.G. Forselius Society; since 2002 Honorary Chairman
1993-2001 President of the Estonian National Organisation of the Green Cross International
1993-2002 Chairman of the movement "Protect the Estonian Sea"; since 2002 Honorary Chairman
2002 Honorary Member of the Estonian Academic Agricultural Society
2002 Honorary Member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
2002 Member of the Tallinn Botanical Garden Friends Society
HONORARY DOCTORATES AND AWARDS
Honorary doctorate from Bentley College, 1991
Honorary doctorate from the Estonian Agricultural University, 1991
Honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki, 2002
Honorary doctorate from the National Agricultural University of Ukraine, 2002
Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award, 2002
Andres Bello Commemorative Medal, 2002
Honorary doctorate from the II University of Naples, 2002
Foreign Member of the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences, 2002
Honorary doctorate from the Szent Istvįn University, Hungary, 2004
Honorary doctorate from the L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University of Kazakhstan, 2004
Honorary doctorate from the University of Yerevan, Armenia, 2004
Internatonal Rotary Foundation Honorary Award, 2005
Honorary doctorate from Latvian Agricultural University, 2005
Coat-of-Arms Award of Jõgevamaa, 2006
Title of International Engineering Educator ING-PAED IGIP honoris causa, 2006
DECORATIONS
The Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (Estonia), 2001
The Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland with Collar, 2001
The Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle of the Republic of Poland, 2002
The Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian St. Olaf Order, 2002
The Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, 2002
The Grand Cross of the Order of Adolph de Nassau, Luxembourg, 2003
The Grand Collar of the Order of the Infant D. Henrique, Portugal, 2003
The Grand Collar of the National Order of Merit of the Republic of Malta, 2003
The Grand Collar of the National Order of Merit of the Republic of Romania, 2003
The Grand Collar of the Order of Makarios III of the Republic of Cyprus, 2004
Grand Cross with Collar, the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 2004
The Order of the Falcon of the Republic of Iceland, 2004
The Order of the 1st Class of Vytautas the Great of the Republic of Lithuania, 2004
The Order of the 1st Class White Double Cross of the Slovak Republic, 2005
The Grand Cross of the Oder of Three Stars Commander of the Republic of Latvia, 2005
Retrospective 2001–2006
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