Tiit Vähi

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Tiit Vähi
Vähi in 2016
11th Prime Minister of Estonia
In office
17 April 1995 – 17 March 1997
PresidentLennart Meri
Preceded byAndres Tarand
Succeeded byMart Siimann
2nd Prime Minister of the Interim Government
In office
29 January 1992 – 21 October 1992
PresidentArnold Rüütel
as Chairman of the Supreme Council
Lennart Meri
Preceded byEdgar Savisaar
Succeeded byMart Laar
as Prime Minister
Personal details
Born (1947-01-10) 10 January 1947 (age 77)
Kaagjärve Parish,
Tallinn Technical University

Tiit Vähi (born 10 January 1947) is an

transitional government
.

Life and career

Born in Kaagjärve Parish,

Tallinn Technical University
with a degree in engineering. From the time of his graduation until 1992, he served in several top managerial post with the Valga Trucking Company.

During the Estonian national independence movement, Vähi was among the organisers of the

Baltic States
on transport related issues. He transferred control of Estonia's airports, railways and sea ports, under the control Moscow, to the Estonian authorities.

Shortly after Estonia's return to independence in 1991, Vähi was appointed as the Government's special representative to north-eastern Estonia, a region inhabited by a majority of ethnic Russians.

On 29 January 1992, Vähi became the second post-

free market economy. His government also introduced the Estonian currency, the Kroon
, in June 1992. He also founded the Estonian Privatisation Agency, which embarked on the privatisation of government-owned assets to the private sector.

As agreed when he assumed the post of prime minister in the transition government, Vähi did not participate in the parliamentary elections on 20 September 1992.

In 1993, he was elected Chairman of the Estonian Coalition Party. The parliamentary elections of March 1995 gave victory to the KMÜ coalition, comprising the Estonian Coalition Party and the People's Union of Estonia Parties. As leader of the Estonian Coalition Party, Vähi was asked by President Lennart Meri to form a government. Appointed Prime Minister for the second time in his career, he formed a coalition government of the KMÜ and the Estonian Centre Party, which was sworn in on 17 April 1995.[2]

His second term as prime minister was quite rocky. On 11 October 1995 several ministers resigned from the cabinet, causing the

no-confidence vote, 46–45. Feeling pressure from within his own party, he resigned on 25 February 1997. Three days later, on 27 February, President Lennart Meri named Mart Siimann as the new prime minister.[4] By 2001, the Estonian Coalition Party, the party that Vähi had helped to form, and which presided over the Estonian government from 1995 to 1999, disbanded. He is currently a member of the free-market liberal Reform Party but is not active in politics and has concentrated on his career as a businessman. He has expressed opinion that Estonia needs to improve relations with Russia.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Intervjuu: Tiit Vähi võib tööjuttu ajada ka kell kaks öösel". 28 January 2017.
  2. ISBN 978-0-8179-2852-0
  3. ^ Tapes Scandal Topples Rulers in Estonia. The Washington Post. 12 October 1995 link
  4. ^ Estonia Names New Prime Minister The Washington Post. 28 February 1997 link
  5. ^ Vähi: Venemaa vastane sõjatõrvik kahjustab äri
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Estonia
1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Estonia
1995–1997 		Succeeded by
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