Toomas Frey

Toomas Frey (born 13 December 1937 in Põltsamaa) is an Estonian ecologist, geobotanist and forest scientist.^[1]

He was also a political leader, with the Estonian Greens. When he was named Minister of the Environment in 1990, it was the first time a member of a green party reached a national position in an Eastern European government.^[2]

References

1. Priist Kask (16 June 2010). "Teenekas ökoloog Toomas Frey 70" (in Estonian), Eesti mets. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
2. Wolfgang Rudig (April 2002). "Between Ecotopia and disillusionment: Green parties in European government", Environment 44 (3): 20–33.