Ants Veetõusme (born 3 May 1949 in
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 ' ...
) is an
Estonia
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n politician, fencer, and financial and sports figure.
Veetõusme graduated from
Tartu State University in 1972 with a degree in finance and credit. From 1991 until 1993, he was the
Mayor of Tartu
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.
From 1991 until 2004, he was the president of Estonian Fencing Association.
In 2002, he was awarded with
Order of the National Coat of Arms
The Order of the National Coat of Arms ( et, Riigivapi teenetemärk, french: Ordre du Blason National) was instituted by Konstantin Päts on 7 October 1936 to commemorate 24 February 1918, the day on which Estonian independence was declared. The ...
, IV Class. In 2006, he was awarded with Order of the National Coat of Arms, III Class.
References
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Living people
1949 births
Estonian politicians
Mayors of Tartu
Estonian businesspeople
Voters of the Estonian restoration of Independence
Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd Class
Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 4th Class
University of Tartu alumni
Politicians from Tallinn
Sportspeople from Tallinn