Tõnu Anton (born 26 April 1953, in

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth-largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second-largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of ...

) is an Estonian former politician and judge, most notable for being a voter for the Estonian restoration of Independence.

Biography

He graduated from Pärnu 1st Secondary School in 1971, and in 1976 from the Faculty of Law of the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

. After he graduated and until 1990, he worked at the Tartu City RSN Executive Committee. In addition, he was Deputy Director of Tartu Commercial Bank. He was developing a new electoral law of the Supreme Council following democratic principles, adopted by the XI Supreme Council on November 17, 1989. During the Estonian Supreme Soviet election in 1990, Anton turned was elected as a member of the 1990s incarnation of the Vaba Eesti party and a citizens' initiative to nominate a candidate. In the Supreme Council, he represented the Popular Front of Estonia and the Social Democratic Party (until June 1991) and became chair of the Legal Affairs Committee. He was a part of the Constitutional Assembly. Between 1993 and 2016 he was a member of the

Supreme Court of Estonia The Supreme Court of Estonia () is the court of last resort in Estonia. It is both a court of cassation and a constitutional court. The courthouse is in Tartu. History During the first independence period (1919-1940) With the First Constituti ...

.Endised Riigikohtu liikmed
Riigikogus, 3.09.2017. He was chairman of the Administrative Law Chamber of the Supreme Court. The current

Chancellor of Justice The Chancellor of Justice is a government official found in some northern European countries, broadly responsible for supervising the lawfulness of government actions. History In 1713, the Swedish King Charles XII, preoccupied with fighting t ...

of Estonia, Ülle Madise, is his daughter.

Awards

* 1999: 2nd class of the Order of the White Star (received 23 February 1999) * 2006: 2nd class of the Order of the National Coat of Arms (received 23 February 2006)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anton, Tonu 1953 births Living people People from Pärnu Estonian jurists Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 2nd Class Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 2nd Class Voters of the Estonian restoration of Independence University of Tartu alumni