Toomas Tõniste
Estonian sailor and politician
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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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| Minister of Finance | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 12 June 2017 – 29 April 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Jüri Ratas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Sven Sester | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Martin Helme | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 April 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Pro Patria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Tõnu Tõniste (twin brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Tallinn University | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career in sports
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]
Education
Tõniste graduated from Tallinn University.[3]
Career in politics
Other activities
European Union organizations
- European Investment Bank (EIB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors[5]
- European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Member of the Board of Governors[6]
International organizations
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors[7]
- Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors[8]
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors[9]
- World Bank, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors[10]
Corporate boards
- State Forest Management Centre, Member of the Supervisory Board (2008-2011)
