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Toomas Tõniste (born 26 April 1967) is an Estonian sailor and politician, and the former Minister of Finance.[1]
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Toomas Tõniste | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Minister of Finance | |||||||||||||||||||||
In office 12 June 2017 – 29 April 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Jüri Ratas | ||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Sven Sester | ||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Martin Helme | ||||||||||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tallinn, Estonia | 26 April 1967||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Pro Patria | ||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | Tõnu Tõniste (twin brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Tallinn University | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sports career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tõniste competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won a silver and a bronze medal in the men's 470 class, for the Soviet Union (silver, 1988) and for Estonia (bronze, 1992). He did so with his twin brother Tõnu Tõniste.[2]
Tõniste graduated from Tallinn University.[3]
Between 2007 and 2015, Tõniste was a member of the 11th and 12th Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia), serving as Chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs.[4]
On 7 June 2017, Tõniste replaced Sven Sester as Minister of Finance of Estonia.
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