Otto August Strandman was an Estonian politician,who served as Prime Minister (1919) and State Elder of Estonia (1929–1931).
The Riigikogu is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation,the Parliament appoints high officials,including the prime minister and chief justice of the Supreme Court,and elects the president. Among its other tasks,the Riigikogu also ratifies significant foreign treaties that impose military and proprietary obligations and bring about changes in law,as well as approves the budget presented by the government as law,and monitors the executive power.
Konstantin Päts was an Estonian statesman and the country's president from 1938 to 1940. Päts was one of the most influential politicians of the independent democratic Republic of Estonia,and during the two decades prior to World War II he also served five times as the country's State Elder. After the 16–17 June 1940 Soviet invasion and occupation of Estonia,Päts remained formally in office for over a month,until he was forced to resign,imprisoned by the new Stalinist regime,and deported to the USSR,where he died in 1956.
Andrus Ansip is an Estonian politician,a member of the European Parliament,the former European Commissioner for Digital Single Market and Vice President of the European Commission,in office from 2014 until 2019. Previously,he was Prime Minister of Estonia from 2005 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal Estonian Reform Party from 2004 to 2014.
Jaan Tõnisson was an Estonian statesman,serving as the Prime Minister of Estonia twice during 1919 to 1920,as State Elder from 1927 to 1928 and in 1933,and as Foreign Minister of Estonia from 1931 to 1932.
Kaarel Eenpalu was an Estonian journalist,politician and head of state,who served as 7th Prime Minister of Estonia.
Ado Birk,was an Estonian politician who was the Estonian Prime Minister for the shortest time.
August Rei was an Estonian politician. He served as State Elder of Estonia from 1928 to 1929,and as Prime Minister in duties of the President of the Estonian government-in-exile from 1945 to 1963.
Ants Piip VR III/1 was an Estonian lawyer,diplomat and politician. Piip was the 1st Head of State of Estonia and the 5th Prime Minister of Estonia. Piip played a key role in internationalising the independence aspirations of Estonia during the Paris Peace Conference following World War I.
Jüri Jaakson was an Estonian lawyer and statesman.
Otto Tief was an Estonian politician,military commander,and a lawyer.
The Estonian Labour Party was a political party in Estonia. It was formed in 1919 by a merger of the Radical Socialist Party and the Social Travaillist Party,and ceased to exist in 1932,when it merged with other centrist parties to form the National Centre Party. It was a member of government coalitions between 1919 and 1925,and again from 1927 until 1931.
Eduard Georg Aule was an Estonian banker and politician.
Karl August Baars was an Estonian lawyer and politician.
Nikolai Köstner (1889–1959) was an Estonian politician,economist,diplomat and academic. He was a member of the Provisional Assembly of the Autonomous Estonian Governorate (1917–19) and the Constituent Assembly of the newly established Republic of Estonia (1919–20);he also served as a minister in Jaan Raamot's Provincial Government in 1917,in the Second and Third Provisional Governments (1918–19),and in Otto Strandman's first Cabinet and Jaan Tõnisson's first Cabinet. He was also part of the Estonian delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. In later life,he worked as an academic at the University of Tartu and as an adviser to a number of national banks.
Juhan Leeman,also known as Juhan Lehman,Johannes Leeman and Johannes Lehman,was an Estonian politician and educator.
Aleksander Ferdinand Oinas was an Estonian politician;he was a long-serving member of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) and served three times as a government minister. was an Estonian politician;he was a long-serving member of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) and served three times as a government minister.
Christian Jaan Kaarna was an Estonian journalist,banker,and politician.
Juhan Luiga was an Estonian psychiatrist,physician,author,publicist,and politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu.
