Toomas Alatalu

Toomas Alatalu (born 23 August 1942 in Rakvere) is an Estonian historian, educator, political commentator and politician. He has been a member of VII, VIII and X Riigikogu.{{cite web |title=Juhatus ja liikmed |url=https://www.riigikogu.ee/tutvustus-ja-ajalugu/riigikogu-ajalugu/x-riigikogu-koosseis/juhatus-ja-liikmed/ |website=Riigikogu |access-date=16 February 2021 |language=et}}

Education

Alatalu graduated from {{ill|Pärnu Ülejõe Primary School|lt=Pärnu Secondary School No. 4|et|Pärnu Ülejõe Põhikool}} in 1960 and from the Faculty of History and Linguistics of Tartu State University in 1965, majoring in history.{{cite news |last1=Sexton |first1=William |title=The Other Detente—With Soviet Minorities |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-toomas-alatalu/162151003/ |work=Newsday (Suffolk Edition) |date=April 21, 1976 | location=Melville, NY |page=45 |access-date=January 3, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

In 1977, he defended his PhD in philosophy at Leningrad State University with the dissertation Революционная ситуация и особенности ее созревания в Латинской Америке (The Revolutionary Situation and Peculiarities of Its Maturation in Latin America).{{cite web |title=Toomas Alatalu |url=https://www.etis.ee/CV/Toomas_Alatalu/eng |website=Estonian Research Information System (ETIS) |publisher=Ministry of Education and Research |access-date=January 3, 2025}}

Political career

From 1999 until 2005 he belonged to the Estonian Centre Party. From 2005 until 2009, he was a member of the People's Union of Estonia party. Between 2009 and 2018, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party.

References

Category:1942 births

Category:Living people

Category:20th-century Estonian historians

Category:Estonian Centre Party politicians

Category:People's Union of Estonia politicians

Category:Social Democratic Party (Estonia) politicians

Category:Members of the Riigikogu, 1995–1999

Category:Members of the Riigikogu, 2003–2007

Category:Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class

Category:University of Tartu alumni

Category:Academic staff of the University of Tartu

Category:People from Rakvere

Category:Politicians from Lääne-Viru County

Category:Members of the Riigikogu, 1992–1995