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; 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 ...

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

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

Jõgeva Jõgeva (german: Laisholm) 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 rec ...

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 o ...

. 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 ( et, Eestimaa Kommunistlik Partei, abbreviated EKP) was a subdivision of the Soviet communist party which in 1920-1940 operated illegally in Estonia and, after the 1940 occupation and annexation of Estonia by the ...

. From

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

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 ( et, Erakond Res Publica) 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 exist ...

, 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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