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Rulers of Estonia: Presidents of Estonia, Konstantin P Ts, List of Rulers of Estonia, Lennart Meri, President of Estonia, Arnold R Tel

Rulers of Estonia: Presidents of Estonia, Konstantin P Ts, List of Rulers of Estonia, Lennart Meri, President of Estonia, Arnold R Tel

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ISBN10: 1157567207
ISBN13: 9781157567202
Publisher: Books Llc
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.06 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Presidents of Estonia, Konstantin Pats, List of rulers of Estonia, Lennart Meri, President of Estonia, Arnold Ruutel, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Jaan Tonisson, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Jaan Anvelt, Otto Tief, Heinrich Mark, Jaan Poska, Head of State of Estonia, Lembitu, Adolf Pilar von Pilchau, President-Regent. Excerpt: Konstantin Pats VR I/1 and III/1 (23 February 1874 - 18 January 1956) was the most influential politician of interwar Estonia. He was one of the first Estonians to become active in politics and started an almost 40-year political rivalry with Jaan Tonisson, first through journalism with his newspaper Teataja, later through politics. He was condemned to death during the 1905 Revolution, but managed to flee first to Switzerland, then to Finland, where he continued his literary work. He returned to Estonia, but had to spend time in prison in 1910-1911. In 1917, Pats headed the Provincial Government of the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia, but was forced to go underground after the October Revolution. On 19 February 1918, Pats became one of the three members of the Estonian Salvation Committee, that issued the Estonian Declaration of Independence on February 24. Konstantin Pats headed the Estonian Provisional Government (1918-1919), although being imprisoned during the German Occupation. In the Provisional Government, Pats also served as Minister of Internal Affairs (1918) and Minister of War (1918-1919), that left him organizing Estonian troops for the War of Independence. During the 1920s and early 1930s, Pats led the most right-wing party of the major political parties of the time - Farmers' Assemblies, that eventually merged into the United Farmers Party in 1932. Pats was the speaker of the Riigikogu (1922-1923) and served five times as State Elder (1921-1922, 1923-1924, 1931-1932, 1932-1933...