Eduard Georg Aule (28 December 1878 – 7 March 1947) was an Estonian banker and politician. Born in the Kabala manor (now part

Türi Parish Türi Parish () is a rural municipality in Järva County, Estonia. On 16 October 2005 Kabala Parish, Oisu Parish, Town of Türi and the former Türi Parish were united to form a new Türi Parish. In 2017 the parishes of Türi, Käru and Vää ...

) in

Kreis Fellin Viljandi County (; , ) was a historic county in the Governorate of Livonia, and in the Republic of Estonia dissolved during the administrative territorial reform of the Estonian SSR in 1949. It was situated in the northern part of the governora ...

of the

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on 28 December 1878 (16 December OS), Aule attended Tartu Reaalkool and studied commerce at

Riga Polytechnical Institute Riga Technical University (RTU) () is the oldest technical university in the Baltic countries established on October 14, 1862. It is located in Riga, Latvia and was previously known as Riga Polytechnical Institute and Riga Polytechnicum. In 19 ...

."Aule, Eduard Georg"
''Eesti Spordi Biograafiline Leksikon''. Retrieved 25 February 2019. He later worked as a

bank A bank is a financial institution that accepts Deposit account, deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital m ...

er. He was elected to the

Estonian Provincial Assembly The Estonian Provincial Assembly or Estonian State Diet, also often called by its Estonian name ''Maapäev'', was elected in May–June 1917 during the Russian Revolution as the provincial parliament ('' diet'') of the Autonomous Governorate of ...

, which governed the

Autonomous Governorate of Estonia The Autonomous Governorate of Estonia of the Russian state was established as a result of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and ceased to exist prior to Estonia becoming a fully independent country in 1918. History For most of the time during th ...

between 1917 and 1919; he served until 20 November 1918, when he stepped down and was replaced by

Jüri Parik Jüri Parik (1889–1929) was an Estonian lawyer and politician. Born on 16 April 1889 in Uue-Võidu Parish (now Viljandi Parish) in Kreis Fellin of the Governorate of Livonia, Parik was a member of the Estonian Provincial Assembly which governed ...

. He was also elected to the Asutav Kogu (Constituent Assembly) as a member for the Estonian Rural People's Union (; EMRL) party (later renamed

Farmers' Assemblies The Farmers' Assemblies () was a conservative political party in Estonia. Led by Konstantin Päts, it was one of the ruling parties during most of the interwar period. History The Rural League (''Maarahva Liit'') was formed in 1917 following an ...

), but stepped down on 23 April 1919, and was replaced by Jaan Raamot. In the meantime, Aule briefly served as Minister of Food, between 6 February 1919 and 9 May 1919.Jaan Toomla,
Valitud ja Valitsenud: Eesti parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ning valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999
' (

National Library of Estonia The National Library of Estonia () is a national public institution in Estonia, which operates pursuant to the National Library of Estonia Act (). It was established as the parliamentary library () of Estonia on December 21, 1918. According to th ...

, 1999), pp. 22, 26, 211. Aule was President of the

Bank of Estonia The Bank of Estonia () is the national central bank for Estonia within the Eurosystem. It was the Estonian central bank from 1919 to 2010 (albeit with a long suspension between 1940 and 1989), issuing the kroon. Name Like other central bank ...

between 1921 and 1925 and sat on the board of other banks. Between 1923 and 1940, he was treasurer of the Estonian Olympic Committee, and in 1941 moved to Germany before returning to Tallinn to serve in the municipality's Economic and Finance Directorate between 1942 and 1944. He left Estonia that year, and died on 7 March 1947 in

Goslar Goslar (; Eastphalian dialect, Eastphalian: ''Goslär'') is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the Goslar (district), district of Goslar and is located on the northwestern wikt:slope, slopes of the Harz ...

in the

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