Mari-Ann Kelam

Nascimento : 1946-06-26,

História

Mari-Ann Kelam (maiden name Dotsenko, first married Rikken; born June 26, 1946 in the Ansbach refugee camp in Germany) is an Estonian politician. She has been a member of Pro Patria Union. From 1950, she lived as a refugee in the United States, first in Ohio and later in Washington. She began his political career as secretary of the Estonian Committee for Assistance to Imprisoned Freedom Fighters in 1984–1989. She has been living in Estonia since 1993. From 1993 to 1996 she was a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from 1996 to 1999 she was the foreign secretary of the Patriotic Union. She was a member of the IX Riigikogu in 1999–2003 and the XI Riigikogu in 2009–2011. Kelam has also been a member of the board of Isamaaliit and is a member of the board of Viimsi region of Isamaa and vice chairman of Viimsi rural municipality council.

Perfil

Mari-Ann Kelam

Filmes

The Singing Revolution
The Singing Revolution
Self
Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1986 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of Soviet occupation. During those years, hundreds of thousands gathered in public to sing forbidden patriotic songs and to rally for independence. "The young people, without any political party, and without any politicians, just came together ... not only tens of thousands but hundreds of thousands ... to gather and to sing and to give this nation a new spirit," remarks Mart Laar, a Singing Revolution leader featured in the film and the first post-Soviet Prime Minister of Estonia. "This was the idea of the Singing Revolution." James Tusty and Maureen Castle Tusty's "The Singing Revolution" tells the moving story of how the Estonian people peacefully regained their freedom--and helped topple an empire along the way.