Kalju Koha (born 16 August 1956,

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 ...

) is an Estonian politician and civil servant, most notable for voting for the Estonian restoration of Independence. He graduated in 1974 from Tartu 7th Secondary School and in 1979 with a degree in electrical engineering 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 Maaü ...

. Koha worked as an electrical engineer at the Avangard collective farm from 1979 to 1986, and as its main engineer from 1986 to 1990. From

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to 1992, he was a member of the Supreme Soviet of Estonia, where he was a member of the Economic Affairs Committee. He voted for the Estonian restoration of independence. He was a member of the Popular Front of Estonia. He was also a member of the Constitutional Assembly. From 1992 to 1993, Koha was the governor of Tartu County, and from 1994 to 2000, the Auditor General of the

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, and the head of the Southern Estonian Department. Since 2000, he has been the head of Eesti Energia's AS Distribution Network in Tartu. He was a member of the Communist Party of Estonia from 1984 to 1990; He was a founding member of the Estonian Land-Centre Party in 1990.

Awards

* 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koha, Kalju 1956 births Living people Politicians from Tartu 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, 5th Class Estonian University of Life Sciences alumni 20th-century Estonian politicians 21st-century Estonian politicians