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Endel Lippmaa (15 September 1930 – 30 July 2015)[1] was an Estonian scientist, academician, politician, and twice government minister in 1990–1991 and 1995–1996.
In 1972, Endel Lippmaa was elected as a Member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. He served as a member of the Board of the Academy for the period 1975–2014. In 1977-1982 he was Secretary-Academician of the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Engineering, in 1999-2004 Head of the Division of Astronomy and Physics, in 2007-2010 Chairman of the Energy Council of the Academy.[2]
During Lippmaa's time working in physics, he wrote a paper on "Structural studies of silicates by solid-state high-resolution silicon-29 NMR,".[3] This paper, now highly regarded, demonstrated in 1980 that high-resolution NMR spectroscopy could be applied profitably to inorganic samples, not just organic or biological ones. According to Google Scholar, the paper has garnered 969 citations.
During the Singing revolution he was an active member of the Popular Front of Estonia. He was in 1989 elected member the new Soviet parliament, the Congress of People's Deputies. In 1989, in the newly elected Soviet Congress he become best known for his work in uncovering and denouncing of the crucial documents of the 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact which in June 1940 had resulted in the Stalinist Soviet Union's military invasion, occupation and illegal annexation of three Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
At the time when Estonia restored full independence from the USSR, in 1990–1991, he was Minister for the Eastern Affairs of the Republic of Estonia (in the government cabinets led by prime ministers Edgar Savisaar and Tiit Vähi, respectively). In 1990–1992 he was elected member of the Congress of Estonia. Later he was a founding member of the Coalition Party. In 1995–1996 he served as Minister of European Affairs, and in 1996-1999 he was elected Member of Parliament (Riigikogu).
