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Lennart Meri
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Lennart Meri

1929 – 2006 · aged 77

Estonian writer, filmmaker and politician; President of Estonia in 1992–2001 (1929-2006)

Born
29 Mar 1929 · Tallinn
Died
14 Mar 2006 · Tallinn
Part ofEstonia1198 – today

Life timeline

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

Showing 89 years
  1. 29 Mar 1929BornBorn in Tallinn
  2. 1979AwardHonored Writer of the Estonian SSR
  3. 1990 – 1992RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs
  4. 1992 – 2001RolePresident of Estonia
  5. 1992RoleAmbassador of Estonia to Finland
  6. 1994AwardKnight of the Order of the Elephant
  7. 1995AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  8. 1995AwardKnight of the Seraphim
  9. 1995AwardOrder of the Aztec Eagle
  10. 1996AwardOrder of the Three Stars, 1st Class
  11. 1997AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great
  12. 1997AwardKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  13. 1997AwardOrder of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia
  14. 1998AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎
  15. 1998AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon
  16. 1998AwardOrder of the White Eagle
  17. 14 Mar 2006DiedDied in Tallinn

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1929 – 2006).

  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

Lennart Georg Meri (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈlenːɑrtː keˈorːːk ˈmeri]; 29 March 1929 – 14 March 2006) was an Estonian writer, film director, and statesman. He was the country's foreign minister from 1990 to 1992 and President of Estonia from 1992 to 2001.

Text from the Wikipedia article Lennart Meri, CC BY-SA 4.0

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