Eino Tamm

Chairmen and vice chairmen of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu in 2015. From the left: Eino Tamm, Andres Tarand, Tiit Made, Marko Mihkelson, Riivo Sinijärv, Anti Liiv, and Enn Eesmaa. Eino Tamm (born 20 November 1951 in Häädemeeste Parish, Kilingi-Nõmme District) is an Estonian lawyer and former politician, a founding member of the Estonian Coalition Party. He was a member of VII Riigikogu and VIII Riigikogu.

Education

In 1970, Eino Tamm graduated from Nõo Secondary School.

In 1975, he graduated from the University of Tartu with a law degree (cum laude).

Honours and awards 1995 – Commander 1st Class of the Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star

Personal life

Eino Tamm has six children, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Tamm's parents were farmers (during the Soviet time, collective farm workers) Jaan Tamm (1918–1977) and Linda Tamm (b. Linda Mitt) (1924–2011).

Tamm's maternal grandfather, Jüri Mitt, participated in the Estonian War of Independence. He was arrested and deported to Siberia by the Soviet regime in 1945. He was released in 1953, after which he returned to Estonia.

Tamm's parents had four sons, of whom he is the youngest.

In 1971, he married Helle Põld, a fellow law student at the University of Tartu. Helle Tamm did not complete her law studies and later, after graduating from Tallinn Pedagogical University, became a librarian. They have four children – two sons and two daughters –, as well as six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. They divorced in 1995.

In 1997, Tamm married Sirje Subbe, a piano teacher and a founder of the Estonian Suzuki Association. Eino Tamm and Sirje Subbe-Tamm have a son and a daughter. Sirje Subbe-Tamm died in 2023.