Toomas Savi

Toomas Savi (born 30 December 1942 in Tartu, Estonia) is an Estonian politician and in 2004-2009 was a Member of the European Parliament for the Estonian Reform Party, part of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.

Toomas Savi is a doctor by profession. He graduated in medicine from University of Tartu in 1970, getting a medical degree in sports physiology in 1975. Over the years he has worked both as a practising doctor and a researcher. From 1979 to 1993, Toomas Savi was a Chief Medical Officer at Tartu Physical Culture Medical Centre. He has practiced in Kuopio University Central Hospital and Kajaani Central Hospital, Finland.

His political activities started in the end 1980s. 1989 to 2000 he served several terms as a member of Tartu City Council. From 1993 to 1995 Toomas Savi was a Vice Mayor of Tartu. 1994 he became a member of the Estonian Reform Party (Reformierakond). 1995 he was elected to the Estonian Parliament, Riigikogu, where he served two terms as Speaker. From 2003 to 2004 he was Deputy Speaker of Riigikogu and an observer in the European Parliament.

Savić

Savić, Sawicz, Савич, Савiч, Savic, Savich or Savitch is a surname that can be found among Croatians, Serbians Bosniaks, Ukrainian,Russian,Belarusian and Polish. It can be related to the name Sava or Sava (river).

Notable people with the surname include:

Savic

Savi

Savi (Also Xavier) was the capital of the Kingdom of Whydah prior to its capture by the forces of Dahomey in 1727.

An account of the city was given by Robert Norris in 1789

There were British East India Company, Dutch West India Company, French East India Company and a Portuguese trading compound in the city, adjacent to the Royal Palace.

Overall the city was very populous and filled with throngs of people.

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Coordinates: 6°25′N 2°06′E / 6.417°N 2.100°E / 6.417; 2.100

Savi (disambiguation)

Savi was the capital of the 17th- and 18th-century African Kingdom of Whydah, in modern Benin.

Savi may also refer to:

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