Arnold Rüütel
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| 3rd President of the Republic of Estonia | |
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In office October 8, 2001 – October 9, 2006 |
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| Prime Minister |
Mart Laar Siim Kallas Juhan Parts Andrus Ansip |
| Preceded by | Lennart Meri |
| Succeeded by | Toomas Hendrik Ilves |
| Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (From May 8, 1990: Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia) | |
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In office March 29, 1990 – October 5, 1992 |
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| Prime Minister | Edgar Savisaar, Tiit Vähi |
| Preceded by | Enn-Arno Sillari |
| Succeeded by | President Lennart Meri |
| Personal details | |
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May 10, 1928 Laimjala Parish, Saaremaa, Estonia |
| Political party |
Communist Party (Soviet era) Conservative People's Party of Estonia |
| Spouse(s) | Ingrid Rüütel |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Agronomist |
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Arnold Rüütel OIH (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrnold ˈryːtel]) (born 10 May 1928) served as the last Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR from April 8, 1983, to March 29, 1990, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (from May 8, 1990: Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia) from March 29, 1990, to October 6, 1992, and was the third President of Estonia from October 8, 2001, to October 9, 2006. He was the second President since Estonia regained independence in 1991. Rüütel also served as one of fifteen Deputy Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
Rüütel was born in Laimjala Parish, on the island of Saaremaa. He graduated from Jäneda Agricultural College in 1949, and worked as a senior agronomist for the Department of Agriculture of Saaremaa (1949–1950) and as a teacher of agriculture at the Tartu School of Mechanization of Agriculture from 1955 to 1957.
In 1957, he was appointed as head expert in livestock and director of the experimental farm of the Estonian Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Institute, and in 1963 he was appointed as Director of the Tartu Model Sovkhoz, a position he held until 1969. At the same time, he graduated from the Estonian Academy of Agriculture in 1964, obtaining higher education, and gained the qualification of Candidate of Agricultural Sciences in 1972.
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