Ants Järvesaar (born 10 October 1948 in

Surju Parish Surju was a municipality located in Pärnu County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia. Settlements ;Villages: Ilvese - Jaamaküla - Kalda - Kikepera - Kõveri - Lähkma - Metsaääre - Rabaküla - Ristiküla - Saunametsa - Surju Surju ...

) is an Estonian farmer and a politician. He was a member of the Estonian Supreme Soviet and voted for the Estonian restoration of Independence. From 2013 to 2014, he was the mayor of the small borough of

Häädemeeste Häädemeeste (Estonian for "Good Men", german: Gudmannsbach) is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Häädemeeste Parish Häädemeeste (german: Gudmannsbach) is a municipa ...

. Järvasaar graduated from Kilingi-Nõmme Secondary School in 1967 and 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 Maa� ...

in 1981. From 1967 to 1983, he worked as a tractor driver in

Surju Surju is a village in Saarde Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 Fin ...

, and won the title of young worker of the Republic, and from 1983 to 1990, he was chairman of Häädemeeste collective farm. He was an ambassador to the Supreme Council of the People's Republic of the USSR from 1974 to 1979. From 1990 to 1992, he belonged to the Estonian Supreme Soviet. In the High Council, he was a member of the Social Affairs Committee and the Independent Democrat Group. He voted for the Estonian restoration of Independence. From 1995 to 1999, he was a member Riigikogu. He was elected to the Riigikogu as part of the Coalition Party and Country Union Party. In the Riigikogu, he was a member of the Maaili Faction (where he was the Deputy Chairman of the Group on 22 April 1998) and was a member of the Social Affairs Committee (where he was the vice-chairman of the Committee in 1995) and a temporary committee member of the special committee for identifying the circumstances of the ruble and identifying the circumstances of bankruptcy of Maa Bank. Järvasaar is a member of the Conservative People's Party of Estonia. On 7 November 2013, he was elected as the mayor of the small borough of Häädemeeste.

Awards

* Order of the Red Banner of Labour *

Order of Friendship of Peoples The Order of Friendship of Peoples (russian: oрден Дружбы народов, translit=orden Druzhby narodov) was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military unit ...

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

References

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