About Tõnis Lukas
Tõnis Lukas (Estonian: [ˈtɤnʲis ˈlukːɑs]; born 5 June 1962) is an Estonian politician, former Minister of Culture from 2019 to 2021 and Minister of Education and Research from 1999 to 2002 and from 2007 to 2011. == Early life and career == Lukas was born in Tallinn, Estonia. After graduating from secondary school and spending another year in technical school in Tallinn, he went on to study history at the University of Tartu. He graduated in 1987 and continued postgraduate studies from 1989 to 1992, receiving his master's degree in history 1997. Lukas started his career as a school teacher in southern Estonia. 1989 he became a lecturer for postgraduate students at the University of Tartu. From 1992 to 1995 he worked as Director of the Estonian National Museum. Since 1995 he has held mainly political posts on both the local and national level. He briefly returned to the University of Tartu for two years in 1997 to work as a project manager and to participate in doctorate programme (still unfinished). From 2013 to 2019 he took a break from politics, working from 2013 to 2018 again as Director of the Estonian National Museum and from 2018 to 2019 as Director of the Tartu Vocational Education Centre.
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