Mart Laar
| Mart Laar | |
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Mart Laar in 2011
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| 9th & 13th Prime Minister of Estonia | |
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In office 25 March 1999 – 28 January 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Mart Siimann |
| Succeeded by | Siim Kallas |
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In office 21 October 1992 – 8 November 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Tiit Vähi (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Andres Tarand |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 6 April 2011 – 11 May 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Jaak Aaviksoo |
| Succeeded by | Urmas Reinsalu |
| Leader of the IRL | |
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In office 26 May 2007 – 28 January 2012 |
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| Succeeded by | Urmas Reinsalu |
| Personal details | |
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22 April 1960 Viljandi, Estonia |
| Political party | Pro Patria and Res Publica Union |
| Alma mater | University of Tartu |
| Nickname(s) | Mõmmibeebi (Babybear) |
Mart Laar (born 22 April 1960) is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. Laar is credited with having helped bring about Estonia’s rapid economic development during the 1990s. He is a member of Pro Patria and Res Publica Union.
In April 2011, Mart Laar became Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and served until his resignation for reasons of health in May 2012.
In April 2013, Riigikogu appointed Laar as chairman of the supervisory board of the Bank of Estonia, his term beginning on 12 June 2013.
Mart Laar was born in Viljandi. He studied history at the University of Tartu, graduating in 1983; he received his master's degree in philosophy and his doctorate in history in 2005. Laar taught history in Tallinn, and served as president of the Council of Historians of the Foundation of the Estonia Inheritance, the Society for the Preservation of Estonian History, and the Estonian Students' Society. Laar has written many books on Estonian and Soviet history, among them War in the Woods: Estonia's Struggle for Survival, 1944–1956, a book about the Forest Brothers anti-Soviet resistance movement.
Laar's political career began when he became a member of the conservative Pro Patria Union party (which later merged with the more technocratic Res Publica Party in 2006). He was elected prime minister by the Riigikogu on 21 October 1992.
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