# Toomas Frey

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{{Short description|Estonian scientist (1937–2020)}}
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'''Toomas Frey''' (13 December 1937 – 23 September 2020) was an [Estonia](/source/Estonia)n [ecologist](/source/ecology), [geobotanist](/source/phytogeography) and [forest scientist](/source/forestry).<ref>Priist Kask (16 June 2010). "[http://www.loodusajakiri.ee/eesti_mets/uudised58.html Teenekas ökoloog Toomas Frey 70]" (in Estonian), Eesti mets. Retrieved 31 December 2010.</ref>

Frey was born in [Põltsamaa](/source/P%C3%B5ltsamaa). He was also a political leader, with the [Estonian Green Movement](/source/Estonian_Green_Movement). When he was named Minister of the Environment in 1990, it was the first time a member of a green political organisation reached a national position in any European government.<ref>Wolfgang Rudig (April 2002). "Between Ecotopia and disillusionment: Green parties in European government", ''Environment'' '''44''' (3): 20–33.</ref>

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