Mart Helme (born October 31, 1949 in Pärnu) is an Estonian politician and chairman of the national conservative Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) since April 13, 2013. A historian by profession, he also served as Estonia's ambassador to Russia from 1995 to 1999.He has worked as a journalist, publisher and diplomat. He has also been a farmer and a singer.He owns Suure-Lähtru manor.Mart Helme was born on October 31, 1949 in Pärnu. His father was a veteran of the Estonian Legion. He later said that listening to his father's stories about fighting on the Eastern Front made him an Estonian patriot despite being raised in Soviet Union. Wikipedia