Trivimi Velliste ( Trivimi Velliste , born May 4, 1947) is an Estonian statesman. From 1992 to 1994 - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia.
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| Predecessor | Jaan Manitski | ||||||
| Successor | Yuri luik | ||||||
| Birth | May 4, 1947 (72 years) | ||||||
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| Education | University of Tartu | ||||||
| Activity | fight for veteran recognition 20th Estonian Division Waffen SS | ||||||
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Since 1995, he has been a member of the Isamaliyit party.
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Biography
- 1971 - senior corrector of Valgus publishing house
- 1971-1976 - Deputy Chief of the Literary Department of the State Committee for Literature of the Estonian SSR, Senior Editor of the Chief Editorial Board
- 1976-1987 - Senior correspondent for journalism in the weekly Sirp ja Vasar , translator
- 1987–1991 - Chairman of the Estonian Society for the Protection of Ancient Monuments
- 1992-1994 - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
- 1992-1994 - Member of the Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament) VII convocation
- 1994-1998 - Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN
- 1998–1999 - Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Estonia
- 1999–2011 - Member of the Riigikogu IX, X and XI convocations
- 2007 - President of the Baltic Assembly
- 2011 - candidate of the 12th convocation of the Riigikogu (did not get enough votes and was not elected)
Activities in support of veterans of the 20th Estonian division of the Waffen SS
Performs at the meetings of veterans of the 20th Grenadier Division of the Waffen SS . [1] .
As a deputy of the Riigikogu, for seven years, he unsuccessfully fought for the official recognition of veterans of the 20th Estonian division of Waffen SS by Estonian freedom fighters. [2]
On July 30, 2011, at the meeting of the veterans of the 20th division of the Waffen SS to the question of the correspondent, whether neo-Nazis are not born around his point of view on history, Weliste replied:
“ In Estonia, among the Estonians there was no Nazi ideology either in the war, neither after it, nor now. Estonians are not inclined to such an ideology [3] . "
Condemnation of Nazism
On July 30, 2011, at the traditional rally of veterans of the 20th division, the Waffen SS gave a negative assessment of the actions of Nazi Germany:
“ And I don’t want to say that enemy number 2, Hitler’s Germany, is fundamentally better. They are absolutely equal to each other bastard predators [3] . "
“ We know very well how many of our people have destroyed our people. Both occupiers destroyed our people, but number one occupier [4] destroyed much more. These are cruel facts. I don’t say what would happen if the Germans won this war, we can speculate about it as much as we can, which is being done now [3] . "
Awards and prizes
- Prize in honor of Professor Thorolf Rafto (1988)
- Order of the State Emblem of Class IV (2001)
- Order of the State Emblem of Class II (2006)
- Order of the Renaissance of Poland (2009)
Notes
- ↑ Director of the Wiesenthal Center considers the SS rally in Estonia shameful | Society | Tape news "RIA News"
- ↑ I hope that the veterans of the Waffen-SS will be officially proclaimed freedom fighters by the spring // DELFI , 07/30/2011
- ↑ 1 2 3 [1] // DELFI, 07/30/2011
- ↑ here Velliste means USSR