Jaan Manitski (born 7 March 1942 in

Viinistu Viinistu is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. (retrieved 27 July 2021) It is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland on the Pärispea Peninsula, about north of the town of Loksa. Viinistu has a population of 148 ...

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n businessman, politician and art collector. He served as the

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia , insignia = Coat of arms of Estonia.svg , insigniasize = 80px , department = Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs , image = File:Urmas Reinsalu 2017-05-25 (cropped).jpg , incumbent = Urmas Reinsalu , incumbent ...

in 1992.

Biography

Manistki was born in Viinistu, on the coast of the

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. He and his parents escaped to Finland and then to Sweden in 1943 when he was only one and a half years old. Jaan was

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s financial manager. He lived in exile while Estonia was under Soviet control, returning in 1989 after the country gained its independence.Bohlen, Celestine (1992)
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'', 7 August 1992. Retrieved 13 July 2011 He worked as a mushroom farmer before becoming foreign minister in 1992.Taylor, Neil (2007) ''Estonia'', Bradt Travel Guides, , p. 125 He later became part-owner of the daily newspaper , and opened the Viinistu Art Museum in 2003.

References

1942 births Living people Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Estonia People from Kuusalu Parish Estonian emigrants to Sweden Estonian World War II refugees Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class {{estonia-politician-stub