Ants Paju

Ants Paju (10 September 1944 – 28 June 2011 ) was an Estonian politician, journalist, athlete, and engineer. He was a member of VIII Riigikogu.

Ants Paju was born in the village of Tamsi, Pajusi Rural Municipality, Viljandi County (now, in Põltsamaa Parish, Jõgeva County) during the German occupation of Estonia. He graduated from secondary school in Põltsamaa in 1963, and from the Estonian Academy of Agriculture (now, the Estonian University of Life Sciences) in 1970, with a degree in forest engineering. From 1974 to 1990, he was a member of the Communist Party. In 1979, he graduated from the Leningrad Higher Party School with a degree in journalism.

Paju died in 2011, aged 66, and is buried in Põltsamaa cemetery. A memorial and bench created by Tauno Kangro to honour to Paju was unveiled in Sõpruse Park in Jõgeva in 2018. Paju had founded the park in 1973.