Hardo Aasmäe | |
Office: | Mayor of Tallinn |
Term Start: | 1990 |
Term End: | 1992 |
Predecessor: | Harri Lumi |
Successor: | Jaak Tamm |
Birth Date: | 11 February 1951 |
Birth Place: | Rannamõisa, Martna Parish, Lääne County, Estonia |
Death Place: | Tallinn, Estonia |
Nationality: | Estonian |
Party: | Estonian People's Front |
Alma Mater: | University of Tartu, Leningrad State University |
Profession: | Radio Producer, Geographer |
Hardo Aasmäe (11 February 1951 – 29 December 2014) was an Estonian geographer, entrepreneur and politician.
He was active in the Estonian People's Front, and was the first post-Soviet mayor of Tallinn, from 1990 to 1992.[1] [2]
He was for many years the editor-in-chief of the Estonian Encyclopaedia.
Aasmäe produced many radio shows and was a member of Tarkade klubi, an Estonian question-and-answer radio programme, for many years.
He was a member of Club of Rome Estonian section.
On 29 December 2014, Aasmäe died following an accidental fall down a staircase from the third floor of his office at the Estonian Encyclopedia publishing house in Tallinn.[3]