Kaarel Tarand

{{Short description|Estonian journalist (born 1966)}}

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Kaarel Tarand (born 20 September 1966) is an Estonian journalist and editor.{{cite web |title=Kaarel Tarand asub uuest aastast Sirbi peatoimetajaks |url=https://epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/51023932/kaarel-tarand-asub-uuest-aastast-sirbi-peatoimetajaks |website=Eesti Päevaleht |access-date=30 January 2023 |language=et}}

He was born in Tallinn to geographer, climatologist and politician Andres Tarand and radio journalist Mari Tarand. His older brother is politician Indrek Tarand.{{cite web |title=Kaarel Tarand: teised seljatasid end ise |url=https://www.delfi.ee/artikkel/23816999/kaarel-tarand-teised-seljatasid-end-ise |website=Delfi |access-date=30 January 2023 |language=et}} During 1987–1996 he studied philology and social sciences at the University of Tartu.

In 1996–1999, he was the editor of magazine Luup. Since 2002, he has worked as a columnist at newspaper Eesti Päevaleht. Since 2005, he has been a chief editor of newspaper Sirp.