Heiki Kranich

Heiki Kranich (9 October 1961 – 13 January 2026) was an Estonian politician. He was member of the Estonian parliament (Riigikogu) in 1992–1999 and 2019–2023.[1]

Life and career

Kranich was born in 1961, in Haapsalu, then Soviet-occupied Estonia. In 1991, he graduated from the State University of Telecommunications in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) where he specialized in telecommunications engineering.[2]

In 1994, he served as the Minister of Finance of Estonia in the first cabinet of prime minister Mart Laar and from 1999-2003 as the Minister of the Environment in the second cabinet of prime minister Mart Laar and the cabinet led by prime minister Siim Kallas.[3]

Between 1983 and 1991, he worked as a mechanic and the head of the Haapsalu Division at the state-owned telephone network. From 1991 to 1992, he was head of the Haapsalu branch of the West Estonian Bank (Lääne-Eesti Pank).[3]

Kranich was a founding member of the Estonian Liberal Democratic Party in 1990. After the Estonian Liberal Democratic Party merged into the Estonian Reform Party in 1994, Kranich remained a member of the merged party until his death in 2026. He served as Secretary General of the Estonian Reform Party from 1995 to 1999.[3]

Kranich died on 13 January 2026, at the age of 64.[2]

References

  1. ^ In 1992–1995, 1995–1999, and 2019–2023, Kranich was member of the VII, the VIII and the XIV Riigikogu respectively
  2. ^ a b Suri endine poliitik Heiki Kranich. ERR.ee, 13 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b c "101_biographies_2019" (PDF). riigikogu.ee. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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