Vello Salum

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Vello Salum (5 July 1933 – 30 November 2015) was an Estonian Lutheran clergyman, Soviet dissident, and politician.

Salum was born in Elistvere in Tartu County. His father August Johannes Salum was a veterinarian and politician.[1] He was a member of Constitutional Assembly of Estonia.[2]

In 2000, he was awarded with Order of the National Coat of Arms, III class. Salum died on 30 November 2015 in Viljandi and was buried on 10 December 2015 in Pilistvere Cemetery.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lindström, Lauri (1994). Album Academicum Universitatis Tartuensis 1918–1944 (in Estonian). Tartu: Tartu Ülikool. p. 348. ISBN 9789985560754.
  2. ^ Toomla, Jaan (1999). Valitud ja valitsenud: Eesti Parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ja valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999 (in Estonian). Tallinn: Estonian National Library. ISBN 9985921720. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Teenetemärkide kavalerid: Vello Salum". www.president.ee. Retrieved 13 March 2021.