Peeter Olesk (25 December 1953 – 25 November 2021) was an Estonian literary scholar and politician.[1]

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Peeter Olesk

Olesk was born in Tallinn on 25 December 1953. In 1972, he graduated from University of Tartu in philology.[1]

From 1990 to 1993, he was the director of Estonian Literary Museum. From 1995 to 1999 he was the director of Tartu University Library.[1] From 1993 to 1994, he was Minister of Population, and from 1994 to 1995 Minister of Culture.[1]

He died on 25 November 2021, at the age of 67.[2]

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