Ahti Kõo (born 29 March 1952) is an Estonian lawyer, writer and former politician. He is a member of the which unites the members of Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia who voted for the restoration of the independence of Estonia. Kõo graduated from

Otepää Otepää (formerly Nuustaku) is a town in Valga County, southern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Otepää Parish. Otepää is a popular skiing resort, popularly known as the "winter capital" of Estonia (in contrast to the "summer ca ...

Secondary School in 1970 and from the Faculty of Law at the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

in 1975. He then worked as a prosecutor (in the years 1976-1990) in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

Jõgeva Jõgeva is a small town in Estonia with a population of around 5000 people. It is the capital of Jõgeva Parish and Jõgeva County. History Jõgeva was first mentioned in 1599 as ''Jagiwa'' manor, being established only recently on the lands ...

and

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth-largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second-largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of ...

. Later, he acted as a sworn advocate. From 1979 to 1990, Kõo was a member of the

Communist Party of Estonia The Communist Party of Estonia (, abbreviated EKP; in Russian: Коммунистическая партия Эстонии) was a regional branch of the CPSU, Soviet communist party (CPSU) which in 1920–1940 operated illegally in Estonia an ...

. From

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

to 1992, he was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Estonia, where he voted to restore Estonia's independence. From 1993 to 1996 and from 1999 to 2002, he was the Vice-Chairman of Pärnu City Council, later becoming the mayor of Pärnu briefly in 2005. He later was a city council member again from 2007 to 2010. From 2002 to 2007, he was a part of the

Res Publica Party Res Publica Party () was a political party in Estonia that self-identified as conservative. Established as a party on 8 December 2001, the political organisation Res Publica was founded already as early as 1989 and existed as a community of you ...

, which later became the Fatherland and Res Publica Union Party. From 2007 to 2010, he was a member of the Reform Party.

Bibliography

* 2010: ''Oleme seda väärt'' * 2012: ''Salamees'' * 2015: ''Võimukõdi'' * 2016: ''Äraeksinu''

Awards

* 2003: 5th Class of the Estonian Order of the National Coat of Arms (received 23 February 2003) * 2006: 3rd Class of the Estonian Order of the National Coat of Arms (received 23 February 2006)

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