Juhan Kivirähk (born 2 July 1957 in

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

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n sociologist. Kivirähk is the older brother of writer

Andrus Kivirähk Andrus Kivirähk (born 17 August 1970) is an Estonian writer, a playwright, topical satirist, and screenwriter. As of 2004, 25,000 copies of his novel ''Rehepapp ehk November'' (''Old Barny or November'') had been sold, making him the most popul ...

. In 1980 he graduated from

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. From 1984 until 1988, he studied at the

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at the Institute of Socioeconomic Problems. He is one of the founders of two Estonian poll companies: AS Emor (established in 1990) and OÜ Uuringukeskus Faktum (established in 2002). 1998-2002 he was the vice-director of the poll company Turu-uuringute AS. He has also worked on International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS).

Awards

* 2001:

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, V class.

References

Living people 1957 births Estonian sociologists Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class University of Tartu alumni People from Tallinn {{Estonia-academic-bio-stub