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Arnold Rüütel

1928 - 2024

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Arnold Rüütel (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑrːnolʲtʲ ˈryːtːːelʲ], 10 May 1928 – 31 December 2024) was an Estonian politician. He was the third President of Estonia from 8 October 2001 to 9 October 2006. Rüütel was the second president of the country after the end of the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation, and the restoration of the independent Republic of Estonia on 20 August 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arnold Rüütel is the 1,563rd most popular politician (up from 3,056th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 12th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Politician.

Arnold Rüütel is most famous for being the President of Estonia from 2006 to 2016.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arnold Rüütel ranks 1,563 out of 19,576Before him are Emomali Rahmon, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, Akbar II, Servilia, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Stephen III of Moldavia. After him are Do-Aklin, Tiberius II Constantine, Abijah of Judah, Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Jim Mattis, and Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Arnold Rüütel ranks 24Before him are Jeanne Moreau, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Rinus Michels, Osamu Tezuka, Roger Vadim, and Eddie Fisher. After him are Shirley Temple, Alexander Grothendieck, Fidel Ramos, Yves Klein, Herbert Kroemer, and Queen Fabiola of Belgium. Among people deceased in 2024, Arnold Rüütel ranks 25Before him are Arno Allan Penzias, Ram Narayan, Hassan Nasrallah, Akira Toriyama, Françoise Hardy, and Louis Gossett Jr.. After him are Sven-Göran Eriksson, Paul Alexander, Thomas P. Stafford, Roger Guillemin, Jim Simons, and Leon Cooper.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Arnold Rüütel ranks 5 out of 351Before him are Catherine I of Russia (1684), Alfred Rosenberg (1893), Arvo Pärt (1935), and Emil Lenz (1804). After him are Karl Ernst von Baer (1792), Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778), Konstantin Päts (1874), Lennart Meri (1929), Wolfgang Köhler (1887), Paul Keres (1916), and Kaja Kallas (1977).

Among POLITICIANS In Estonia

Among politicians born in Estonia, Arnold Rüütel ranks 3Before him are Catherine I of Russia (1684), and Alfred Rosenberg (1893). After him are Konstantin Päts (1874), Lennart Meri (1929), Kaja Kallas (1977), Alar Karis (1958), Siim Kallas (1948), Felix Kersten (1898), Jacob De la Gardie (1583), Andrus Ansip (1956), and Kersti Kaljulaid (1969).