Liia Hänni

Hänni was a part of the Estonian Centre for the Environment Party. She was a member of the Congress of Estonia. In 1992, she was elected to the Riigikogu as a member of what is now the Social Democratic Party (Jõgeva and Tartu electoral district).

Hänni was a member of the Constitutional Committee of the Riigikogu in all its constituencies (As the chairwoman of the 6th Committee). She was the Estonian Minister of Reforms from 1992 to 1995. From 1996 to 1999, she was the President of the Moderate Women organization. Hänni is the program director of the e-Governance Academy, e-democracy and e-participation programs, and since 2011, Member of the Board of the EMSL Board of the Association of Free Alliances.

Hänni has published scientific articles in various publications. She has been a member of the Estonian Scientists' Union since 1989.

From 1970 to 1990, Hänni was a junior researcher and senior researcher of the Estonian Academy of Sciences in Astrophysics and the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (later Tartu Observatory). In 1986, the Observatory defended the candidate's thesis in astrophysics "Investigating the Atmosphere of Red Crayfish by the Synthetic Spectrum Method". Her supervisor was Tõnu Kipper. She investigated the letters of the late spectrum class.

Born in Atla, Saare County, Liia Hänni graduated from Saaremaa gymnasium in 1965 and the University of Tartu's Department of Physics in 1970.

Liia Hänni (née Juulik; born 4 October 1946) is an Estonian astrophysicist, social activist and former politician who voted for the Estonian restoration of Independence.