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Arnold Rüütel
Arnold Rüütel · Presidendi kantselei arhiiv, Attribution, Wikimedia Commons
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Arnold Rüütel

1928 – 2024 · aged 96

Estonian politician, former President of Estonia (1928–2024)

Born
10 May 1928 · Pahavalla
Died
31 Dec 2024 · Tallinn
Part ofEstonia1198 – todayAgnosticism490 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 110 years
  1. 10 May 1928BornBorn in Pahavalla
  2. 1983 – 1990RoleChairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
  3. 2001 – 2006RolePresident of Estonia
  4. 2001AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  5. 2002AwardGrand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)
  6. 2002AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎
  7. 2003AwardWhite Cross of the Estonian Defence League 1st class
  8. 2005AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross‎
  9. 2007AwardEuropean of the year
  10. 2008AwardCollar of the Order of the National Coat of Arms
  11. 2009AwardCoat of Arms of Tallinn
  12. 2009AwardHonorary citizen of Tartu
  13. 31 Dec 2024DiedDied in Tallinn

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1928 – 2024).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Arnold Rüütel (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrːnolʲtʲ ˈryːtːːelʲ], 10 May 1928 – 31 December 2024) was an Estonian politician. He was the third President of Estonia from 8 October 2001 to 9 October 2006. Rüütel was the second president of the country after the end of the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation, and the restoration of the independent Republic of Estonia on 20 August 1991.

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