mart nutt (21 march 1962 – 2 june 2019) was an estonian politician and historian. he served as a member of the riigikogu, the parliament of estonia, since the country's independence in 1991. from 1991 to 1992, he was head of department of ministry of foreign affairs. he became a member of the united nations human rights council in 2007. from 1988 to 1991, nutt was a research director of the estonian open air museum. he was the curator of the estonian academy of arts.