List of members of the Estonian Provincial Assembly
This is a list of members of the Provincial Assembly of Estonia. On 12 April 1917, a decree issued by the Provisional Government in Russia created the autonomous Governorate of Estonia with its own Governor and a Provincial Assembly (or Council; Maanõukogu, but commonly known as the Maapäev) to be composed of elected members. The elections took place on 5 June 1917, and the Assembly convened on 14 July. On 28 November, it declared its laws sovereign over Estonia and moved to create a Constituent Assembly; once that was established and its members elected, the Provisional Assembly ceased to exist and its session ended on 23 April 1919.[1][2][3]
Officers
Source: Jaan Toomla, Valitud ja Valitsenud: Eesti parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ning valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999 (National Library of Estonia, 1999), p. 22.
Chairman
14 July 1917 – 25 October 1917: Artur Vallner
25 October 1917 – 27 November 1918: Otto Strandman
27 November 1918 – 3 February 1919: Ado Birk
3 February 1919 – 23 April 1919: Karl Parts
First Assistant Chairman
27 July 1917 – 25 October 1917: Jaan Teemant
25 October 1917 – 27 November 1918: Jüri Jaakson
27 November 1918 – 3 February 1919: Karl August Baars
3 February 1919 – 23 April 1919: Julius Seljamaa
Second Assistant Chairman
27 July 1917 – 25 October 1917: Jüri Vilms
25 October 1917 – 27 November 1918: Nikolai Köstner
27 November 1918 – 3 February 1919: Karl Saral
3 February 1919 – 23 April 1919: Peeter Põld
Temporary Secretary
14 July 1917 – 27 July 1917: Ado Birk
14 July 1917 – 27 July 1917: Julius Seljamaa
Secretary
27 July 1917 – 25 October 1917: Mart Kiirats
25 October 1917 – 16 February 1918: Herman Kask
27 November 1918 – 23 April 1919: Karl Ast
Second Assistant Secretary
27 July 1917 – 25 October 1917: Rudolf Jaska
25 October 1917 – 27 November 1918: Hugo Raudsepp
27 November 1918 – 3 February 1919: Victor Neggo
3 February 1919 – 23 April 1919: Jüri Parik
Second Assistant Secretary
27 July 1917 – 25 October 1917: Herman Kask
25 October 1917 – 27 November 1918: Victor Neggo
27 November 1918 – 23 April 1919: Hugo Raudsepp
Members
Source: Jaan Toomla, Valitud ja Valitsenud: Eesti parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ning valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999 (National Library of Estonia, 1999), pp. 22–24.
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Juhan Mihkel Ainson | |
| Jaan Anvelt | Expelled on 5 February 1919 |
| Alma Anvelt-Ostra (also Oinas) | From 20 November 1918, replacing Jaan Treial |
| Christjan Arro | |
| Karl Ast (also Rumor) | |
| Eduard Georg Aule | Left office on 20 November 1918; succeeded by Jüri Parik |
| Karl August Baars | |
| Ado Birk | |
| Max Woldemar Gustav Ed. Bock | |
| Aleksander Ennemuist | |
| Karl Theodor Grau | |
| Jüri Jaakson | |
| Juhan Januson (also Jaanuson) | |
| Rudolf Jaska | |
| Peet Johanson | |
| Juhan Kalm | |
| Eduard Kansman (also Kansmann or Kansa) | |
| Herman Kask | Died in office on 16 February 1918 and replaced by Mart Meos |
| Mart Kiirats | |
| August Kohver (also Koffer) | |
| Ivan Koort | |
| Hans Kruus | |
| Juhan Kukk | |
| Andres Kurrikoff | |
| Juhan Kurvits | |
| Timofei Kuusik | |
| Hugo Kuusner | Took office on 13 September 1917 |
| Jaan Kärner | |
| Nikolai Köstner | |
| Juhan Lasn | |
| Tiido Laur (also Lauri) | |
| Anna Leetsmann | Expelled on 5 February 1919 |
| Juhan Lehman (also Lehmann or Leeman) | Took office on 26 November 1918 |
| Villem Maasik | |
| Mihkel Martna | Left office on 26 November 1918 |
| Mart Meos | Took office on 27.11.1918, replacing Herman Kask |
| Friedrich Volrad Mikkelsaar | |
| Victor Neggo (also Neggu) | |
| Aleksander Oinas | Took office on 26 November 1918, replacing Hugo Karl Reiman |
| Aleksei Palm | |
| Jüri Parik | Took office on 26 November 1918, replacing Eduard Georg Aule |
| Karl Parts | |
| Anton Piip | |
| Aleksander Podrätšik | |
| Peeter Siegfried Põld | Took office on 26 November 1918 |
| Konstantin Päts | |
| Hans Pöhl | |
| Hans Pöögelmann | Expelled on 5 February 1919 |
| Jaan Raamot | |
| Hugo Raudsepp | |
| Hugo Karl Ferdinand Reiman | Left office on 26 November 1918; succeeded by Aleksander Oinas |
| Julius Eduard Reintam | |
| Hans Riiberg (also Riiberk) | |
| Hans Reinhold Roos | |
| Karl Saral | |
| Julius Seljamaa | |
| Jaan Sihver | Died on 28 November 1918; posthumously expelled on 5 February 1919 |
| Otto August Strandman | |
| Jaan Teemant | |
| Jaan Treial | Died in office on 11 January 1918; succeeded by Alma Anvelt-Ostra |
| Jaan Tõnisson | |
| Artur Vallner (also Vainer) | Expelled on 5 February 1919 |
| Aleksander Veiler | |
| Jüri Vilms | Died in office on 13 April 1918 |
| Karl Johannes Virma | |
| Jaak Ümarik |
References
- ^ Toivo Miljan, Historical Dictionary of Estonia (Scarecrow Press, 2004), pp. 15–16.
- ^ Jaan Toomla, Valitud ja Valitsenud: Eesti parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ning valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999 (National Library of Estonia, 1999), p. 22.
- ^ "Estonia: Early history", Country Studies (digital version of Walter R. Iwaskiw, Estonia: A Country Study) (Library of Congress, 1995). Retrieved 21 February 2019.