Lists of political office-holders in Estonia
These are lists of political office-holders in Estonia.
Overview edit
The ancient counties (maakond) and parishes (kihelkond) were headed by Seniores and Meliores (Elders) as noted by Henry of Livonia. The administrative jurisdiction of the parish and county elders was limited, the counties themselves remained autonomous[1] until the Teutonic and Danish conquest of Estonia in the 13th century. Ending with the states and the rulers of states (starting from the time of the first successful Danish conquest in 1219) who either ruled or laid claims of sovereignty over some parts of the territory of present-day Estonia, as well as the leaders of the independent Republic of Estonia since 1918.
Ancient counties edit
Alempois edit
Title: Elder (-1224)
Harju edit
Title: Elder (-1224)
Järva edit
Title: Elder (-1224)
Jogentagana edit
Title: Elder (-1224)
Läänemaa edit
Title: Elder (-1224)
Mõhu edit
Title: Elder (-1224)
Nurmekund edit
Title: Elder (-1224)
Revala edit
Title: Elder (-1224)
Saaremaa edit
Title: Elder – It is probable that these men, whose names appear on a treaty with the Order of the Brethren of the Sword in 1251, were the chiefs of administrative units on Saaremaa, Muhu, and Sõrve. Their "signatures" were, in all likelihood, phonetically "Latinized" by the authors of the document.[citation needed]
Sakala edit
Title: Elder (-1223)
Ugandi edit
Title: Elder (-1224)
Vaiga edit
Title: Elder (-1224)
Virumaa edit
Title: Elder (-1224)
Danish dukes of Estonia edit
Masters and bishops of the Livonian Order edit
Masters of the Livonian Order edit
Bishops of Riga edit
Bishops of Leal edit
Bishops of Dorpat edit
Prince-Bishops of Ösel-Wiek edit
Swedish dukes of Estonia edit
Imperial Russian governorates of Reval and Estonia (1721–1917) edit
The Reval Governorate and the Governorate of Estonia were part of the Russian Empire (1721–1917).
Tsars and Emperors of Russia (1721–1917) edit
Governors of Reval (1721–1796) edit
Governors of Estonia (1796–1917) edit
World War I temporary governments edit
Russian Provisional Government, 1917 edit
Title: Chairman (1917)
- Georgy Evgenyevich Lvov (15 March (2 March) – 21 July (8 July) 1917)
Title: Prime Minister (1917)
- Alexander Kerensky (21 July (8 July) – 7 November (25 October) 1917)
Soviet Executive Committee of Estonia 1917 edit
Title: Chairman of the Soviet Executive Committee of Estonia (Eestimaa Nõukogude Täitevkomitee esimees) (1917–18)
- Jaan Anvelt (5 November (23 October) 1917 – 4 March 1918)
Title: Gouvernement Commissioner (Kubermangukomissar) (1917–18)
- Jaan Poska (28 November (15 November) 1917 – 24 February 1918)
Republic of Estonia edit
State Elders of Estonia (1920–1937/8) edit
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia (1990–1992) edit
Title: Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia (in the body of Soviet Union) (1990–91)
- Arnold Rüütel (8 May 1990 – 20 August 1991)
Title: Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia (Eesti Vabariigi Ülemnõukogu esimees) (1991–92)
- Arnold Rüütel (20 August 1991 – 6 October 1992)
President of the Republic (1938–1940; 1992–present) edit
Prime Ministers of Estonia (1918–1944; 1990–present) edit
Acting Prime Ministers in exile (1953–1992) edit
United Baltic Duchy edit
Title: Regent Councillor (1918)
- Adolf Pilar von Pilchau (9–19 November 1918)
Commune of the Working People of Estonia edit
Title: Chairman of the Council of The Commune of the Working People of Estonia (Eesti Töörahva Komuuna Nõukogu esimees) (1918–19)
- Jaan Anvelt (29 November 1918 – 5 June 1919)
Estonia during the Soviet occupation edit
Title: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Estonian SSR (Eesti NSV Ülemnõukogu Presiidiumi esimees) (1940–88)
- Johannes Vares-Barbarus (21 July 1940 – 29 November 1946)
- Nigol Andresen (1946–47)
- Eduard Päll (1947–50)
- August Jakobson (1950–58)
- Johan Eichfeld (1958–61)
- Aleksei Müürisepp (1961 – 7 October 1970)
- Aleksander Ansberg (1970)
- Artur Vader (22 December 1970 – 25 May 1978)
- Meta Vannas (acting chairman; 1978)
- Johannes Käbin (1978–83)
- Arnold Rüütel (8 April 1983 – 8 May 1990)
Title: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia (1990–1992)
- Arnold Rüütel (8 May 1990 – 6 October 1992)
Soviet Union edit
Title: Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1940–91)
- Joseph Stalin (1940–53)
- Nikita Khrushchev (1953–64)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1964–82)
- Yuri Andropov (1982–84)
- Konstantin Chernenko (1984–85)
- Mikhail Gorbachev (1985–91)
Reichskommissariat Ostland edit
Title: Führer und Reichskanzler (1941–44)
- Adolf Hitler (7 July 1941 – 24 November 1944)
Title: Generalkomissar für Estland (1941–44)
- Karl-Siegmund Litzmann (5 December 1941 – 18 September 1944)
Title: Eesti Omavalitsuse juht (1941–45)
- Hjalmar Mäe (15 September 1941 – 4 January 1945)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Raun, Toivo (2001). Estonia and the Estonians. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University. pp. 12. ISBN 0-8179-2852-9.