Robert Lepikson

Robert Lepikson (14 June 1952 – 1 July 2006 ) was an Estonian politician, businessman and rally driver/co-driver.

As a rally driver, he was the Estonian champion three times, winner of the Baltic Cup and was the head of the Estonian motorsport league.

As a politician, he switched party memberships several times, having been a member of the Estonian Coalition Party, the Estonian Centre Party and the People's Union of Estonia. He was the mayor of Tallinn for 6 months, from 14 November 1996 to 30 April 1997. On 5 May 1997 he became Minister of the Interior of Estonia. On 28 January 1998 he lost his position as Interior Minister a result of conflicts caused by his out-spoken nature regarding fellow politicians in public.

In 1999, he was involved in a scandal in Estonian politics, in which Mart Laar used Edgar Savisaar's picture as a target on a shooting range. He was then part of the X Riigikogu from 2003 to 2006.

He died of a stroke in 2006.