Hardo Aasmäe is an Estonia

Estonia

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n politician

Politician

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 and geographer

Geographer

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He was active in the Estonian People's Front, and was the first post-Soviet

Soviet Union

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 mayor of Tallinn

Tallinn

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, from 1990 to 1992.

Currently, he is the supervisor of Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers.

He has produced many radio shows and has been a member of Tarkade klubi, an Estonian question-and-answer radio programme, for many years.

He is a member of Club of Rome

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Estonian section.