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Estonian politician (born 1946)

Jaak Allik
Jaak Allik (2011)
Secretary of Ideology (EKP)
In office
March 1990 – August 1991
Preceded byMikk Titma
Minister (Government Vähi II)
In office
17 April 1995 – 6 November 1995
Minister (Government Vähi III)
In office
1 January 1996 – 17 March 1997
Minister of Culture (Government Vähi III)
In office
17 March 1997 – 1 January 1996
Preceded byJaak Aaviksoo
Succeeded byJaak Allik
Minister of Culture of Estonia (Government Siimann)
In office
17 March 1997 – 25 March 1999
Preceded byJaak Allik
Succeeded bySigne Kivi
Personal details
Born (1946-10-08) 8 October 1946 (age 78)
Tallinn, Estonia
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Tartu
Professiontheater critic, theater director, set designer, politician

Jaak Allik (born 6 October 1946) is an Estonian theatre critic, theatre director and politician. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, and was previously the Estonian Minister of Culture 1995–1999 (Estonian: Eesti kultuuriminister). He was member of the VII, VIII and X Riigikogu.

Personal life

Allik studied at the University of Tartu with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a major in sociology and history, later working as a lecturer in that same university. He worked as a theater director and designer in the 1980s, becoming the set designer for Ugala.

Because Allik had been a part of the Estonian Communist Party since 1971 (and, ultimately, the CPSU), he became part of groups such as the Supreme Soviet and involved with notable Estonian communists such as Mikk Titma and Indrek Toome. After an independent Estonia Allik was mainly a theater director and theater critic but still remained in politics.

Allik's parents were the communist politicians Hendrik Allik and Olga Lauristin during the 1940s. His maternal half-sister is the sociologist and politician Marju Lauristin. His son, Mihkel Allik, has been an advisor to the Chancellor of Justice. His cousin is the architect Vilen Künnapu.

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Members". riigikogu.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 9 June 2007.
  2. "Muistot: Olga Lauristin". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 25 June 2005. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. Soonvald, Urmo (3 November 2006). "Kümme Eesti mõjukamat perekonda". Õhtuleht (in Estonian). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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