Kalle Kulbok

Kalle Kulbok (born 3 April 1956 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician.

Education

Kulbok attended the Nõo Gymnasium and achieved good results on national olympiads of mathematics. By his skills, he could have qualified for the all-Union olympiad of mathematics; however, due to his displayed lack of respect for Soviet politics, he was never selected for that round.

Politics

In 1992–1995, Kulbok belonged to Riigikogu as a member of the Independent Royalist Party of Estonia. In 1995, Kulbok was not allowed to run for Riigikogu because he refused to swear allegiance to Republic of Estonia.

In later years, his political activity has mainly involved Euroskepticism.^[1] He's earned notoriety by several interesting actions, most notably by having himself pilloried for failure to derail Estonia's entry to European Union, and his declaration of revocation of his Estonian citizenship. As of 2007, Kulbok is the only natural-born citizen of Estonia known to have voluntarily requested revocation of his citizenship without naturalising in another country.

On 19 September 2003, Kulbok petitioned the Supreme Court of Estonia to declare the referendum for Estonia's joining European Union unconstitutional. The Supreme Court refused to consider the matter, arguing that only President of Estonia can rightfully present such a petition.

Career

For many years, Kulbok worked as a specialist at EENet.

References

^ Albi, Anneli (2005-06-30). EU Enlargement and the Constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84541-0.

External links

Postimees 17 October 2004: Nimetagem usuõpetus eetikaks ning vesi ongi sogatud

This article about an Estonian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Albi, Anneli (2005-06-30). EU Enlargement and the Constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84541-0.

[1]