Tarmo Kõuts
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Kõuts graduated from Tallinn Maritime School in 1973 and from Kaliningrad Technical Institute in 1985. From 1973 to 1990 he worked in various positions in the Estonian Shipping Company. He served as the rector of Estonian Maritime Academy from 1990 to 1993 and as the director-general of Estonian Border Guard from 1993 to 2000.
In September 2000 Rear Admiral Kõuts was appointed commander of the Estonian Defence Forces. Having been promoted to the rank of vice admiral in 2002, Kõuts retained the position until 2006, when he stepped down to move into politics. He joined the right-wing Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica and successfully ran for a seat in the parliament in the 2007 elections. Provided by Wikipedia
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3by Tarmo Kõuts, Juss Pavelson, Victor Alari, Getli Haran, Jaan Laanemets, Urmas RaudseppGet full text
Published 2011-03-01
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5by Jun She, Ángel Muñiz Piniella, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Lars Boehme, Ferdinando Boero, Asbjorn Christensen, Tasman Crowe, Miroslaw Darecki, Enrique Nogueira, Antoine Gremare, Francisco Hernandez, Tarmo Kouts, Jacco Kromkamp, George Petihakis, Isabel Sousa Pinto, Jan Hinrich Reissmann, Laura Tuomi, Adriana ZingoneGet full text
Published 2019-07-01
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