Mart Laar

Mart Laar, Member of Estonian Parliament Riigikogu

Committees: Foreign Commitee, Security Authorities Surveillance Committee of the Riigikogu

Date and place of birth: 22 April 1960, Viljandi, Estonia

Marital status: married, a son and a daughter

Party affiliation: 1995–2006 Pro Patria Union, 2006-…Pro Patria and Res Publica Union

Education:
2005 University of Tartu, PhD;
1995 MA; 1983 history
1978 Tallinn Secondary School No. 46

Employment:
2006 XI Riigikogu (MP)
2003 X Riigikogu (MP)
1999; 2002–2003 IX Riigikogu (MP)
1995–1999 VIII Riigikogu (MP)
1992 VII Riigikogu (MP)
1992–1994; 1999–2002 Prime Minister
1990–1992 Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia
1986–1990 Ministry of Culture, Head of Historical Memories Department
1983–1986 Tallinn Secondary School No. 24

Membership in representative bodies:
VII, VIII, IX and X Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament)
1997 Tallinn City Council
1990–1992 Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia
1991–1992 Constitutional Assembly
1990–1992 Committee of Estonia Membership in other organisations Estonian Students’ Society
Estonian Heritage Society
PEN Club

Awards:
2007 Acton Institute’s Faith & Freedom Award
2006 Cato Institute’s Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty
2005 Defence League Cross for Special services
2001 Order of the National Coat of Arms, 2nd class
2001 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2001 Order of Merit of the Republic of Malta
2000 Grand Gross of Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
1999 Cross of Merit of the Defence League
1999 Armed Resistance Cross of Merit
1998 The Order of Merit of the Estonian Defence Forces
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of France, Germany, Malta
St. Andreas Cross
Estonian Defence Forces commemorative medal “10 Years from the Re-Establishment of the Estonian Defence Forces”

Published books:
Sinimäed 1944 (Tallinn, 2006)
Äratajad (Tartu, 2005)
Emajõgi 1944 (Tallinn, 2005)
Das estnische Wirtschaftwunder (Tallinn, 2002)
Estonia: Little Country that Could (London, 2002)
Eesti uus algus (Tallinn, 2002)
Back to the future. 10 years of freedom in Central Europe (Tallinn, 2001)
Eesti Vabadussõda ja Suurbritannia 1918 – 1920 (Tallinn, 1998)
Ajalugu 5. klassile (1997)
Teine Eesti: Eesti iseseisvuse taassünd 1986–1991 (Tallinn, 1996)
Raamat Jakob Hurdast (Tartu. 1995)
The Challenge for Europe (London, 1994)
Metsavennad (Tallinn, 1993)
14 juuni 1941.a: mälestusi ja dokumente (Tallinn, 1990)
Kodu lugu (Tallinn, 1989)

Many articles in the press.