Ülo Kaevats

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Ülo Kaevats (born 29 September 1947) is an Estonian statesman, retired academic, and philosopher.

Kaevats holds a PhD from Vilnius State University in Lithuania. He served for many years (1989–1992, 1995–2000) as Editor-in-Chief of the Estonian Encyclopaedia, the main national work of reference; earlier, he worked as a research fellow at the Estonian and the USSR Academies of Sciences, mostly in the History of Science field. Until 2011, when he became emeritus, he was Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Tallinn University of Technology (TUT). As a scholar, Kaevats specialises in the Philosophy of Science and the Philosophy of Technology.

Between 1992 and 1995, during the beginning and reestablishment of independent Estonia, he served as Secretary of State (Riigisekretär; the most senior civil servant with Constitutional rank) of the Republic.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Clements, John (1990). Clements' encyclopedia of world governments, Volume 1. Political Research, Inc.
↑ Europa Publications Limited (1994). Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, Volume 2. Europa Publications. p. 783. ISBN 978-0-946653-95-9.

External links

Riigisekretärid 1918–2003 (Estonian)

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Name	Kaevats, Ülo
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Short description	Estonian statesman, academic, and philosopher
Date of birth	29 September 1947
Place of birth	Kassari, Hiiu County
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