August Rei

August Rei
Prime Minister in duties of the President
In office
9 January 1945 – 29 March 1963
Preceded by Jüri Uluots
Succeeded by Aleksander Warma
Personal details
Born 22 March 1886
Kurla, Pilistvere Parish, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia (now in Järva County, Estonia)
Died 29 March 1963 (aged 77)
Stockholm, Sweden
Political party Social Democratic Workers' Party
Socialist Workers' Party
Alma mater Saint Petersburg State University

August Rei VR III/1 (22 March [O.S. 10 March] 1886[1] in Kurla – 29 March 1963 in Stockholm) was an Estonian Social Democratic politician. He was born in Kurla Pilistvere Parish, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia (now Türi Parish, Järva County).

Education

Rei studied in the Tartu Emperor Alexander High School (the former State High School of the Livonian Governorate), but graduated from the Novgorod State High School. In 1904–1905 and 1907–1911, studied law in the St. Petersburg University.

Beginnings of political influence

In 1905–1907, Rei participated in the Russian revolution of 1905. In 1906, he edited the underground paper Sotsiaaldemokraat (Social Democrat) in Tallinn. Between 1912 and 1913, he was in compulsory army service. In 1913–1914 he worked as a lawyer in Viljandi. In 1914 – 1917 Rei was an artillery officer in World War I at the Fort of St. Petersburg. In 1917 and 1918 he was in the Estonian army units (formed after the Second Russian Revolution in March 1917 by the initiative of Estonian politicians, who achieved the permission to concentrate the Estonian soldiers). He was the Assistant Chairman of the Supreme Committee of the Estonian military. In 1917 and 1919, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the paper Sotsiaaldemokraat. Between 1927 and 1928 he was the editor of Rahva Sõna (Word of the People). Rei was one of the leaders of the moderate faction of Estonia's social democratic movement. Up to 1936 he also worked as a lawyer and defended Ado Birk in 1927. He received an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Tartu University.

Career

Literary interests

Rei wrote and translated socialist works and published memoirs.

Awards

1920 – Cross of Liberty III/I
1930 – Order of the Cross of the Eagle I

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "August Rei sünd" (in Estonian). Histrodamus. Retrieved 8 June 2013.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Jaan Tõnisson		 Speaker of the Riigikogu
1925–1926 		Succeeded by
Karl Einbund
Preceded by
Jaan Tõnisson		 Head of State of Estonia
1928–1929 		Succeeded by
Otto Strandman
Preceded by
Mihkel Pung		 Minister of Foreign Affairs
1932–1933 		Succeeded by
Ants Piip
Preceded by
Jüri Uluots		 Prime Minister in duties of the President
1945–1963 		Succeeded by
Aleksander Warma
Preceded by
Ants Piip (not in exile)		 Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile
1944 		Succeeded by
Hans Rebane
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
August Traksmaa		 Ambassador of Estonia to Soviet Union
1938–1940 		Succeeded by
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