Anti Allas (born 26 November 1977) is an Estonian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

. He was the mayor of

Võru Võru (; ; ) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish. History Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, at the request of the Empress Catherine II of Russia, by the o ...

from 11 November 2013 to April 2023, and is the deputy chairman of the

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(SDE) since 5 February 2022. Following the

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, he became a member of the

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Education

Anti Allas was born in

. He studied at Lepistu Basic School, Rõuge Basic School and graduated from Võru Kreutzwald Gymnasium in 1996. In 2000, he graduated from the Estonian Agricultural University with a degree in land management.

Political career

In the 2013 local government council elections, Allas was a candidate on the list of Social Democrats in the city of Võru and was elected with 479 votes. His vote share was the largest of all the candidates. After the elections, the Social Democratic Party, the

Estonian Centre Party The Estonian Centre Party (, EK) is a populist political party in Estonia. It was founded in 1991 as a direct successor of the Popular Front of Estonia, and it is currently led by Mihhail Kõlvart. The party was founded on 12 October 1991 f ...

and the electoral alliance Võru signed a coalition agreement, and on 11 November 2013, Allas was elected mayor. In January 2014, he joined the Social Democratic Party. In the 2017 local elections, he ran as a candidate again in Võru and collected 1506 votes (26% of the votes). Although the Social Democrats won a majority in the council (11 out of 21 mandates), a coalition agreement was signed with the Centre Party. On 1 November 2017, Allas was re-elected mayor. Allas was a candidate in the 2019

elections in

, Valga and

Põlva Põlva (; ) is a town in southeastern Estonia, the county seat of Põlva County, and the centre of Põlva Parish. Põlva is home for the Intsikurmu Music Festival Grounds, which regularly hosts concerts and summer activities, situated in a sm ...

counties in last place in the list of Docial Democrats. He garnered 789 votes, which was the second-best result on the list, but was not elected. In the 2021 local government council elections, Allas collected 1341 votes in the city of Võru. The Social Democrats won 10 mandates in the council and signed a coalition agreement with the Reform Party and the Centre Party. On 24 November, Allas was elected mayor for the third time. After the

, he became a member of the Riigikogu and Kalvi Kõva was elected mayor of Võru in his place.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Allas, Anti Living people 1977 births Social Democratic Party (Estonia) politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 2023–2027 Mayors of places in Estonia Estonian University of Life Sciences alumni People from Võru Politicians from Võru County