Background
VALJAS, Vaino was born on March 28, 1931 in Emmaste, Hiiumaa, Estonia. Parents: Joosep Vàljas and Lilli Vàljas (née Kubja).
chairman Estonian Communist Party
VALJAS, Vaino was born on March 28, 1931 in Emmaste, Hiiumaa, Estonia. Parents: Joosep Vàljas and Lilli Vàljas (née Kubja).
Graduate, University of Tartu. Candidate of Sciences (History), 1973.
Secretary. Young Communist League (YCL) Tartu University Committee, 1951-1952. Member. Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1952-1990. Secretary, YCL Tartu town Committee, 1953-1955.
First secretary, YCL Central Committee, 1955-1961. Member, Estonia Supreme Soviet, 1959-1967 and 1975-1990. First secretary, Estonia Communist Party (ECP) Tallinn Central Committee, 1961-1971.
Member, USSR Supreme Soviet, 196679. Secretary, ECP Central Committee, 1971-1980. Soviet ambassador to Venezuela, 1980-1986 and to Nicaragua, 1986-1988.
First secretary, ECP Central Committee, 1988-1990. Member, USSR Congress of People's Deputies, 1989-1991. Member, Estonia Supreme Council, 1990- and foreign affairs committee.
Member of the Supreme Council, since 1990. Chairman, Estonian Communist Party.
He was the Chairman of the 6th Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic from 18 April 1963 to 19 March 1967, first secretary of communist party of Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic from 16 June 1988 to April 1990 and chairman of the party from April 1990 to August 1991.
Member. International Politics Association. Honorary member, Venezuela International Politics Association. Member. International Politics Assembly of Nicaragua.