Ülo Uluots (4 February 1930

Jõhvi Jõhvi is a town in northeastern Estonia, and the administrative centre of the Ida-Viru County. The town is also an administrative centre of Jõhvi Parish. It is situated about 50 km west of the Estonia–Russia international border. ...

– 18 July 1997

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

) was an

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, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n politician, mining engineer and military historian. From April 1992 until October 1992, Uluots was the first

Estonian Minister of Defence The Minister of Defence ('' Estonian: Kaitseminister'') is the senior minister at the Ministry of Defence (''Kaitseministeerium'') in the Estonian Government. The minister is one of the most important members of the Estonian government, with ...

since Estonia's regaining independence. His father, Oskar Uluots, was an officer of the Republic of Estonia and brother of

Prime Minister of Estonia The Prime Minister of Estonia ( Estonian: ''peaminister'') is the head of government of the Republic of Estonia. The prime minister is nominated by the president after appropriate consultations with the parliamentary factions and confirmed by ...

Jüri Uluots Jüri Uluots (13 January 1890 – 9 January 1945) was an Estonian prime minister, journalist, prominent attorney and distinguished Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tartu. Early life Uluots was born in Kirbla Parish ...

. He was a member of

VIII Riigikogu VIII Riigikogu was the eighth legislature of Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1995 election. Election results Officers Speaker of the Riigikogu: Toomas Savi Toomas Savi (born 30 December 1942 in Tartu, Est ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Uluots, Juri 1930 births 1997 deaths 20th-century Estonian historians Estonian engineers Estonian Coalition Party politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 1995–1999 Defence Ministers of Estonia Voters of the Estonian restoration of Independence Tallinn University of Technology alumni People from Jõhvi