Andra Veidemann (née Andra Eesmaa; born 18 July 1955

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n historian-ethnologist, editor, diplomat, and politician. She was a member of

VII Riigikogu VII Riigikogu was the seventh 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 Pa ...

. From 199 until 2001, she was the editor-in-chief if AS Kirjastus Ilo publishing house. From 2006 until 2008, she was the Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Moscow and Russia.

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