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Andrus Öövel (born 17 October 1957
Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...
) is an
Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
n rower and politician. From 1995 until 1999, he was
Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...
. He was a member of
VIII Riigikogu VIII Riigikogu was the eighth legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1995 election. Election results Officers Speaker of the Riigikogu: Toomas Savi Toomas Savi (born 30 December 1942 in Tartu, ...
. He was a 24-time champion of rowing in the Estonian SSR between 1974 and 1984.


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1957 births Living people Estonian Coalition Party politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 1995–1999 Ministers of defence of Estonia Estonian male rowers Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 4th Class Hugo Treffner Gymnasium alumni University of Tartu alumni Politicians from Tallinn Sportspeople from Tallinn {{Estonia-1995-Riigikogu-politician-stub