Kaljo Ellik (9 May 1948,

Siiksaare Siiksaare is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, t ...

– 27 March 2017) was an Estonian politician who voted for the

Estonian restoration of Independence Estonian Restoration of Independence, legally defined as the Restoration of the Republic of Estonia, was proclaimed on 20 August 1991. On that day at 23:02 local time, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia, in agreement with the Estoni ...

. Ellik graduated in 1963 from

Kingisepp Kingisepp (russian: Ки́нгисепп or ), formerly Yamburg (), Yam (), and Yama (; Votic: ), is an ancient town and the administrative center of Kingiseppsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located along the Luga River southwest of ...

1st Secondary School, in 1968 from

Räpina Räpina ( vro, Räpinä, german: Rappin) is a town in Põlva County, Estonia. Räpina was administrative centre of Räpina raion from 1950 until 1961, currently it is the administrative centre of Räpina Parish. The oldest commercial enter ...

Horticultural Engineering School, and in 1975 from the

Estonian University of Life Sciences The Estonian University of Life Sciences ( Estonian: ''Eesti Maaülikool'', EMÜ) located in Tartu, Estonia, is the former Estonian Agricultural University, which was established in 1951 and renamed and restructured in November 2005. Eesti Maaü ...

. In addition, he has studied social psychology at the Tartu Fine Arts Courses and the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

. He served as senior agronomist inspectorate in the Kingisepp District Seed Inspectorate from 1969 to 1979 and from 1978 to 1990 as vice chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council of People's Deputies of Kingisepp. In 1990, he was Deputy Mayor of

Kuressaare Kuressaare () is a town on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Parish and the capital of Saare County. Kuressaare is the westernmost town in Estonia. The recorded population on 1 January 2018 was 13,276. ...

. From

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to 1992, he was a member of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia, and on 20 August 1991 he voted in favor of the restoration of Estonia's independence. He was also an ambassador to the

Congress of Estonia The Congress of Estonia ( Estonian: ''Eesti Kongress'') was an innovative grassroots parliament established in Estonia in 1990–1992 as a part of the process of regaining of independence from the Soviet Union. It also challenged the power and au ...

. On 18 September 1991, he became a member of the

Estonian Centre Party The Estonian Centre Party ( et, Eesti Keskerakond, 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 Jüri Ratas. The party was founded on 12 ...

Awards

* 5th Class of the Estonian Order of the National Coat of Arms (received 23 February 2002) * 3rd Class of the Estonian Order of the National Coat of Arms (received 23 February 2006) * 2008: Order of the City of Kuressaare

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellik, Kaljo 1948 births 2017 deaths People from Saaremaa Parish Estonian Centre Party politicians Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd Class Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 5th Class Estonian University of Life Sciences alumni Voters of the Estonian restoration of Independence