Janno Reiljan (8 October 1951 in

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– 23 January 2018) was an

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n politician, economist and professor of foreign economics at the University of Tartu. He has been a member of IX and

X Riigikogu X Riigikogu was the tenth legislature of Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu The Riigikogu (; from Estonian ''riigi-'', of the state, and ''kogu'', assembly) is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation, the Parlia ...

. He was a member of Conservative People's Party of Estonia. He graduated ''cum laude'' in 1975 from Tartu State University (now, University of Tartu), Faculty of Economics in

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. In 1980, he defended his doctoral dissertation "Problems of using mathematical-statistical methods in the analysis of companies' economic activities" at Moscow State University. On 23 January 2018, Reiljan died, aged 66, after an accidental fall from six meters from a spiral staircase, breaking four cervical vertebrae. He was interred at Vana-Jaani cemetery (part of

Raadi cemetery The Raadi cemetery, ( et, Raadi kalmistu) is the oldest and largest burial ground in Tartu, Estonia, dating back to 1773. Many prominent historical figures are buried there. It is also the largest Baltic German cemetery in Estonia after the des ...

) in Tartu. His younger brother is politician

Villu Reiljan Villu Reiljan (born 23 May 1953 in Võru) is a former Estonian politician. He has been member of VIII Riigikogu, VIII, IX Riigikogu, IX and X Riigikogu. From 1995 to 1999 and from 2003 to 2006, he was the Ministry of the Environment (Estonia), Mi ...

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