Estonian Labour Party
The Estonian Labour Party ( et, Eesti Tööerakond, ETE) 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.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, pp398–399 History The ETE had its roots in the Estonian Radical Socialist Party and the Social Travaillist Party, both of which were founded in 1917. The two parties collaborated closely and were collectively known as the "Labourites".McHale, p383 Both parties won seats in the Estonian Provincial Assembly elections later in the year, and together made up the second largest faction in the Assembly. In November 1917, the Labourites received 21% of the votes in the Russian Constituent Assembly elections. In late December ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jüri Vilms
Jüri Vilms (, Arkma, Kabala Parish (now Türi Parish), Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia – May 2, 1918, Hauho near Hämeenlinna, Finland, unconfirmed info) was a member of the Estonian Salvation Committee and the first Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia. Empowered by Maapäev the Salvation Committee issued the Estonian Declaration of Independence on February 24, 1918 in the middle of a political power vacuum created by the retreating Russian and advancing German troops during World War I. The German forces taking over the country didn't recognize the independence of Estonia. The Salvation Committee went underground, Jüri Vilms volunteered to go to Finland to take funds and instructions to the Estonian missions working to get diplomatic recognition for the newly sovereign nation. According to an "official" version, he was captured on reaching the Finnish coast and executed by German troops in Helsinki. According to the latest research Jüri Vilms may have be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Theodor Pool
Theodor Pool (8 December 1890 Piistaoja (now Tori Parish), Kreis Pernau – 25 August 1942 Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR) was an Estonian politician, agronomist and writer. He was a member of the Constitutional Assembly of Estonia and of the I, II, III and IV Riigikogu, representing the Estonian Labour Party. In 1919 he was Minister of Food and Agricultural Affairs and the Minister of Agriculture, from 1920 until 1929. Pool was arrested in 1941 by the NKVD during the first Soviet occupation of Estonia and placed within the Gulag The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the State Political Directorate, GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= ... camp system. He was executed by gunshot in Sverdlovsk Oblast the following year. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pool, Theodor 1890 births 1942 deaths People from Tori Parish People from Kreis Pernau Est ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eduard Säkk
Eduard Säkk (1 February 1875 Narva – 12 October 1943 Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia) was an Estonian engineer, industrialist and politician. He was a member of Asutav Kogu. Säkk was a member of the Estonian Constituent Assembly, Minister of Roads from 27 November 1918 until 8 May 1919, and again from 18 November 1919 to 30 July 1920. Following the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940, Säkk was arrested by the NKVD on 19 October 1940 in Nõmme Nõmme ( Estonian for ''"Heath"'') is one of the 8 administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 39,422 () and covers an area of , population density is . The district is largely a middle-cla ... and died in a prison camp in Russia. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sakk, Eduard 1875 births 1943 deaths Estonian engineers Estonian Labour Party politicians Members of the Estonian Constituent Assembly Government ministers of Estonia Estonian people who died in Soviet detention People wh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ferdinand Peterson
Ferdinand August Peterson (also Ferdinand Petersen; 13 March 1887 Lehtse Parish, Järva County – 18 February 1979 Chapel Hill, North Carolina) was an Estonian engineer and politician. From 1918 to 1919, he was the minister of roads in the Estonian Provisional Government. In 1919, he was a member of the Estonian Constituent Assembly. In 1944, he fled the Soviet occupation of Estonia to Germany, and in 1949 he emigrated to the United States. He was an honorary alumnus of the Estonian Students' Society. Peterson died at Hillhaven Nursing Home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, Orange, Durham County, North Carolina, Durham and Chatham County, North Carolina, Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 United States Ce ... in 1979. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Peterson, Ferdinand 1887 births 1979 deaths Estonian Labour Party politicians Members of the Estonian Constituent Ass ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ants Piip
Ants Piip VR III/1 (also Anton or Hans Piip; in Tuhalaane, Kreis Fellin – 1 October 1942 in Nyrobsky camp, Perm Oblast, Russian SFSR) 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. Education Son of a small independent farmer, Piip took his high school exams at the Kuressaare State High School and studied at Teachers' Seminar in Kuldīga (formerly Goldingen), now in Latvia. In 1903–1905, he was a parish clerk and schoolteacher at Alūksne, also a teacher in the Emperor Nikolai Eastern Orthodox Parish School in Kuressaare in 1905–1906, in the Kuressaare Marine School in 1906–1912, and in the Janson Merchant School in Saint Petersburg in 1913–1915. He studied at the law department of the Saint Petersburg University in 1908–1913 and received a s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party
The Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party ( et, Eesti Sotsiaaldemokraatiline Tööliste Partei) was a political party in Estonia between 1917 and 1925. The leaders of the party, founded on platforms of patriotism, Estonian independence, and social justice, made a major contribution to the drafting of the first (1920) Constitution of Estonia. History Social democracy in Estonia was born at the beginning of the 20th century. Estonian social democracy was influenced by western European ideas of social democracy as well as by Russian ideals. During the Russian Revolution of 1905 social democratic ideas spread and Estonian social democrats formed their party in the summer of 1905 in Tartu. At this time, the party was named the Estonian Social Democratic Workers Unity (''Eesti Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Tööliste Ühendus''). The social democrats were the most persecuted party during the czarist era. Their newspapers were closed, their politicians were forced to emigrate (Peeter Spe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Otto August Strandman
Otto August Strandman ( – 5 February 1941) was an Estonian politician, who served as prime minister (1919) and State Elder of Estonia (1929–1931). He was one of the leaders of the centre-left Estonian Labour Party, that saw its biggest support after the 1919 and 1920 elections. Strandman was a key figure in composing the radical land reform law and the 1920 Constitution. He also served as Minister of Agriculture (1918–1919), Minister of Justice (acting 1918; 1920–1921), Minister of Finance (1924), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1918, 1920–1921 and 1924) and Minister of War (1919). While he was holding the office of the Minister of Finance, he stabilized the economy and managed to avoid hyperinflation. Strandman served as the speaker of the Estonian Provincial Assembly in 1917–1918, and as speaker of the newly independent country's parliament (''Riigikogu'') in 1921. He was also a diplomat, serving as the Estonian envoy in Warsaw, Poland (1927–1929), and in Paris, Fr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christian People's Party (Estonia)
The Christian People's Party ( et, Kristlik Rahvaerakond, KRE) was a political party in Estonia between 1919 and 1931. History The party had its roots in the campaign for the 1918 Constituent Assembly elections, which was contested by a group known as the "Independent Christians".Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p374 The Christian Democratic Party (''Kristlik Demokraatlik Partei'', KDP) was established the following year by the Independent Christians and some defectors from the Estonian People's Party. The new party won five seats in the Constituent Assembly elections that year.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p581 The KDP went on to win seven seats in the 1920 elections, and joined Konstantin Päts' Farmers' Assemblies-led the government on 5 January 1921, being given the Education ministry post. However, the following year it caused a split in the government by introducing a bill to p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Estonian People's Party
The Estonian People's Party ( et, Eesti Rahvaerakond, ER) was a centre-right political party in Estonia. History The party was established in March 1919 by a merger of the Estonian Democratic Party and the Estonian Radical Democratic Party.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p385 Some right-wing members of the Democratic Party opposed merging with the Radical Democrats and broke away to form the Christian Democratic Party.McHale, p386 In the April 1919 Constituent Assembly elections the new party won 25 of the 120 seats, becoming the third-largest party in the Assembly. However, the 1920 election saw it reduced to 10 seats in the 100-seat Riigikogu. It won eight seats in the 1923 and 1926 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1926. Africa * 1926 Egyptian parliamentary election * 1926 Lagos by-election * 1926 Northern Rhodesian general election * 1926 South West African legislative election Asia * 1926 Hong K ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1929 Estonian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 11 and 13 May 1929. Results See also *IV Riigikogu References *IV Riigikogu valimised : 11.-13. maini 1929 / oostanud A. Tooms; Riigi Statistika Keskbüroo = Élections au parlement : de 11.-13. mai 1929 / Bureau Central de Statistique de l'Estonie Tallinn, 1929 (Tallinn : Riigi trükikoda) Parliamentary elections in Estonia 1929 in Estonia Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ... May 1929 events in Europe {{Estonia-election-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1926 Estonian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 15 and 17 May 1926. Before the elections, the electoral law was changed to create more stability by introducing a system of bonds and raising the electoral threshold to require a party to win a minimum of two seats. Results See also * III Riigikogu References External linksIII Riigikogu valimised : 15.-17. mail 1926Riigi Statistika Keskbüroo Parliamentary elections in Estonia Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ... 1926 in Estonia {{Estonia-election-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1923 Estonian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 5 and 7 May 1923. There were some controversies - some lists, most remarkably Communist, were declared void before the elections because of electoral law violations, and the results gave Estonia its most fragmented parliament ever. Results See also * II Riigikogu References External linksII Riigikogu valimised: 5.-7. mail 1923Riigi Statistika Keskbüroo Parliamentary elections in Estonia Estonia 1923 in Estonia {{Estonia-election-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |