Juhan Aare (20 February 1948 – 6 October 2021) was an Estonian journalist, politician, and the founder of the Estonian Green Movement (not to be confused with current Estonian Green Party) as well as one of the instigators of the Phosphorite War protest movement.

Since 3 December 2002, he was a member of the People's Union of Estonia. In the 1980s he was a journalist in the TV-program Panda, which dealt with environmental issues.

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His younger brother was musician Tõnu Aare (1953–2021). In 1983, Juhan Aare married actress and film director Riina Hein. The couple divorced in 2000.

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1948 births

2021 deaths

Politicians from Tallinn

People's Union of Estonia politicians

Members of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union

Members of the Riigikogu, 1992–1995

Members of the Riigikogu, 1995–1999

Estonian journalists

20th-century Estonian writers

21st-century Estonian writers

University of Tartu alumni

Tallinn University alumni

Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 4th Class

Juhan Aare