Ivar Kallion (30 October 1931 – 16 May 2013) was an Estonian Communist politician and author who was the chairman of the Executive Committee of Tallinn from June 1971 to July 1979.

He had a number of positions within the government of the Communist Party of Estonia; From 1955 to 1959, he was the secretary of the Kiviõli Distribution Committee of the Estonian Leninist Communist Youth Association, the director of the Tartu Battery Plant from 1959 to 1963, as the deputy chairman of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Estonian SSR and the Supreme Council of the Estonian SSR from 1963 to 1965.

He later was the Estonian People's Commissariat of Control Deputy Chairperson from 1965 to 1969, and the Head of the Industry and Transportation Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party Central Committee from 1969 to 1971.

[1][2] Kallion was the chairman of the Executive Committee of Tallinn from June 1971 to July 1979.

[2][3] Known for his sense of humour, Kallion released a series of joke books throughout the years.