Vello Salum

Vello Salum (5 July 1933 – 30 November 2015) was an Estonian Lutheran clergyman, Soviet dissident, and politician.

Salum was born in Elistvere in Tartu County. His father August Johannes Salum was a veterinarian and politician.^[1] He was a member of Constitutional Assembly of Estonia.^[2]

In 2000, he was awarded with Order of the National Coat of Arms, III class. Salum died on 30 November 2015 in Viljandi and was buried on 10 December 2015 in Pilistvere Cemetery.^[3]