Famous life · 28.03.2014
Lennart Meri remembered in Viimsi church
Lennart Meri was a writer and filmmaker before he became President of Estonia, serving from 6 October 1992 to 8 October 2001. After the Soviet occupation his family was deported in 1941. As president he restored Estonia's contacts with the West and met leading statesmen several times, among them US President George H. W. Bush. In his last year in office he handed out Broken Cornflower badges to former political prisoners and deportees all over Estonia. Meri died in March 2006 and was buried at Metsakalmistu in Tallinn. On 28 March 2014 a memorial bas-relief of him was unveiled inside St James' Church in Viimsi, north of Tallinn.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Lennart Meri oli kirjanik ja filmitegija, enne kui temast sai Eesti Vabariigi president, kes oli ametis 6. oktoobrist 1992 kuni 8. oktoobrini 2001. Pärast Nõukogude okupatsiooni küüditati tema perekond 1941. aastal. Presidendina taastas ta kontaktid Läänega ja kohtus mitmel korral sealsete riigijuhtidega, sealhulgas USA presidendi George H. W. Bushiga. Oma viimasel ametiaastal jagas ta kunagistele poliitvangidele ja küüditatutele üle kogu Eesti Murtud Rukkilille märke. Meri suri 2006. aasta märtsis ja maeti Tallinnas Metsakalmistule. 28. märtsil 2014 avati Viimsi Püha Jaakobi kirikus tema mälestusbareljeef.