Jaan Piiskar (11 February 1883, in Vastemõisa Parish (now

Põhja-Sakala Parish Põhja-Sakala Parish () is a rural municipality in Viljandi County.http://www.pohja-sakala.ee/ (accessed 7 March 2020) Settlements ;Towns Suure-Jaani, Võhma Võhma is a List of cities and towns in Estonia, town in Põhja-Sakala Parish, Vil ...

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– 19 December 1942, in Sevurallag,

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) was an

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n educator and politician. From 1931 until 1932 he was Minister of Education and Social Affairs. Piiskar was a member of the I, II, III, IV and

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. Following the

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in 1940, Piiskar was arrested by the

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and placed within the

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camp system. Piiskar died in custody in 1941.

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1883 births 1942 deaths Politicians from Põhja-Sakala Parish People from Kreis Fellin Estonian Socialist Revolutionary Party politicians Estonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party politicians Estonian Socialist Workers' Party politicians Education and Social affairs ministers of Estonia Members of the Estonian Constituent Assembly Members of the Riigikogu, 1920–1923 Members of the Riigikogu, 1923–1926 Members of the Riigikogu, 1926–1929 Members of the Riigikogu, 1929–1932 Members of the Riigikogu, 1932–1934 20th-century Estonian educators Estonian people who died in Soviet detention People who died in the Gulag Estonian Gulag detainees {{Estonia-1923-Riigikogu-politician-stub