Jaan Piiskar (11 February 1883, in Vastemõisa Parish (now Põhja-Sakala Parish, Kreis Fellin – 19 December 1942, in Sevurallag, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) was an Estonian educator and politician.[1]
From 1931 until 1932 he was Minister of Education and Social Affairs.[2]
Piiskar was a member of the I, II, III, IV and V Riigikogu. Following the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940, Piiskar was arrested by the NKVD in Tallinn and placed within the Gulag camp system. Piiskar died in custody in 1941.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Appendix 1. Fate of the Members of the Estonian Governments in 1918–1940" (PDF). mnemosyne.ee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "1931 | Meie parlament ja aeg". meieparlamentjaaeg.nlib.ee. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Piiska, Jaan". Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom (in Estonian). Retrieved 22 April 2021.