(which existed from 1991 to 1994). He was awarded the Order of the White Star, IV degree in 2001, and the Medal of Freedom of the Government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in exile in March 2004. Mäll died of cancer in Tartu on 14 February 2010. Academic associations His membership in the academic associations is as follows: Estonian Oriental Society, founder and president in 1988–2001, since 2001 honorary president; American Oriental Society; Learned Estonian Society; Academic Baltic-German Cultural Society in Tartu; Academic Historical Society; Estonian Writers' Association and Estonian Tibetan Cultural Society, honorary member. Other groups Dr. Mäll was one of the founders and first chairman of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, 1991–1993; *Member of the Estonian Congress and Estonian Committee (), 1990–1992; member of the Estonian Constitutional Assembly, 1991–1992; Vice Chairman of the Estonian National Independence Party, 1992–1994; founder and president of the Estonian Paneuropean Union since 1992. References External links The Estonian Institute of Buddhism Monday, 15 February 2010, Linnart Mäll, First UNPO Chairperson, Passes Away, www.unpo.org 1938 births 2010 deaths Estonian orientalists Estonian translators 20th-century Estonian historians Estonian National Independence Party politicians University of Tartu alumni Academic staff of the University of Tartu People from Tallinn Deaths from cancer in Estonia Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 4th Class Translators to Estonian Translators from Sanskrit Translators from Chinese Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class 20th-century translators 20th-century Estonian politicians