What is Vaino Väljas?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Vaino Väljas | image = Vaino Väljas, endine Eesti NSV ja Eesti Vabariigi poliitik ning Nõukogude Liidu diplomaat 2013.jpg | caption = Vaino Väljas, 2013 | office = Leader of the [[Estonian Left Party]] | term_start = 25 March 1990 | term_end = 1 June 1995 | predecessor = Party established | successor = [[Hillar Eller]] | office2 = First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Estonia]] | term_start2 = 1988 | term_end2 = 1990 | predecessor2 = [[Karl Vaino]] | successor2 = Position abolished | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|3|28|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Külaküla]], [[Hiiumaa]], [[Estonia]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|1|16|1931|3|28}} | death_place = | party = [[Estonian Left Party]] | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = }} '''Vaino Väljas''' ({{Lang-ru|Ва́йно Ио́сипович Вя́льяс|translit=Vaino Iosipovich Vyalias}}; 28 March 1931 – 16 January 2024) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[Estonia]]n politician. He was the Chairman of the 6th Supreme Soviet of the [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Estonian SSR]] from 18 April 1963 to 19 March 1967. He First secretary of communist party of [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic]] from 16 June 1988 to April 1990. He was chairman of the party from April 1990 to August 1991.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=Graham|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7dy-DAAAQBAJ&q=Vaino+V%C3%A4ljas+biography&pg=PA149|title=The Baltic States: The National Self-Determination of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania|date=2016-07-27|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-14150-0|language=en}}</ref> Väljas died on 16 January 2024, at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite news |title=Suri Vaino Väljas. President Karis: tema diplomaatiline julgus aitas laduda kive Eesti iseseisvuse taastamisse |url=https://www.ohtuleht.ee/1099496/malestusgalerii-suri-va