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.
References
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
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