Toomas Alatalu

Toomas Alatalu (born 23 August 1942 in Rakvere) is an Estonian historian, educator, political commentator and politician. He has been a member of VII, VIII and X Riigikogu.^[1]

Education

Alatalu graduated from Pärnu Secondary School No. 4 [et] in 1960 and from the Faculty of History and Linguistics of Tartu State University in 1965, majoring in history.^[2]

In 1977, he defended his PhD in philosophy at Leningrad State University with the dissertation Революционная ситуация и особенности ее созревания в Латинской Америке (The Revolutionary Situation and Peculiarities of Its Maturation in Latin America).^[3]

Political career

From 1999 until 2005 he belonged to the Estonian Centre Party. From 2005 until 2009, he was a member of the People's Union of Estonia party. Between 2009 and 2018, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party.^[1]