Kalev Kallo

Estonian politician and committed criminal (1948–2024)

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Kalev Kallo (6 December 1948 – 30 May 2024) was Estonian politician, convicted criminal^[1] and sports person.^[2] He was a member of XIV Riigikogu. From 1991 he belonged to Estonian Centre Party.

Life and career

Kallo was born in Pärnu on 6 December 1948.

In 1995 he was the minister of road and communication of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti teede- ja sideminister). He was Deputy Mayor of Tallinn from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2007.^[2]

Between 2000 and 2008 he was president of Estonian Boxing Association (Estonian: Eesti Poksiliit).^[2]

Kallo was a member of IX, XI, XII and XIII Riigikogu.

In 2019 he was found guilty related to the case of Edgar Savisaar. After that he lost his immunity.^[3]

Kallo died on 30 May 2024, at the age of 75.^[4]

References

^ "Kallo sentenced". 14 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "ESBL". www.esbl.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Savisaare kaasuses tuli süüdimõistev otsus vaid Kallole". ERR (in Estonian). 14 January 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Suri poliitik Kalev Kallo". ERR. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.