Members of the 1st Riigikogu
This is a list of members of the first legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) following the 1920 elections (held on 27–29 November 1920). It sat between 20 December 1920 and 30 May 1923, before the next round of elections were held.
Parties and seats
[edit]The 1920 general election distributed the 100 seats as follows:
| Party | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|
| Estonian Labour Party (ETE) | 22 | –8 |
| Farmers' Assemblies (PK) | 21 | +13 |
| Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party (ESDTP) | 18 | –23 |
| Estonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party (EISTP) | 11 | +4 |
| Estonian People's Party (ER) | 10 | –15 |
| Christian Democratic Party (KRE) | 7 | +2 |
| Central Committee of Tallinn Trade Unions (TAK) | 5 | New |
| German-Baltic Party (SBE) | 4 | +1 |
| Russian National Union (VEE) | 1 | 0 |
| Economic Group (MR) | 1 | New |
| Total | 100 | –20 |
| Source: Nohlen and Stöver[1] | ||
Officials
[edit]Chairmen:
- Otto Strandman (4 January 1921 to 18 November 1921)[2]
- Johann Kukk (18 November 1921 to 20 November 1922)[2]
- Konstantin Päts (from 20 November 1922)[2]
First Assistant Chairman:
- Karl Virma (from 4 January 1921)[2]
Second Assistant Chairmen:
- Jaan Järve (4 January 1921 to 4 March 1921)[2]
- August Kerem (from 4 March 1921)[2]
Secretaries:
- Artur Tupits (4 January 1921 to 20 November 1922)[2]
- Tõnis Kalbus (from 20 November 1922)[2]
First Assistant Secretary
- Jaan-Johann Bergmann (from 4 January 1921)[2]
Second Assistant Secretary
- Walter von Pezold (from 4 January 1921)[2]
List of members
[edit]| Name | Start of term | End of term | Party | Other offices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Abramson | 25 January 1921 (replacing Otto Münther) | 26 October 1921 (replaced by Johann Anderson) | EISTP | |
| Peeter Adamson | 12 June 1923 (replacing Johannes Oriku) | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Johannes-August Allikso | Start of session | 19 October 1921 (resigned; replaced by Eduard Kägu) | KRE | |
| Oskar Amberg | Start of session | End of session | SBE | |
| Hermann-Leopold Ammende | Start of session | 4 January 1921 (replaced by Walter von Pezold) | ETE | |
| Ado Anderkopp | Start of session | End of session | EISTP | |
| Johann Anderson | 26 October 1921 (replacing Paul Abramson) | 11 November 1921 (replaced by Voldemar Oras) | (TAK)KTR, EISTP | |
| Sergei Andrejev | 15 March 1922 (replacing Johannes Soans) | 6 December 1922 (replaced by Alfred Maurer) | ETE | |
| Jüri Annusson | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Christian Arro | Start of session | End of session | PK | |
| Emma Asson | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Karl Ast | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Robert Astrem | 29 September 1922 (replacing Märt Raud) | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Karl August Baars | Start of session | End of session | ETE | Minister of Finance (26 October 1920 to 25 January 1921); Deputy Minister of Justice (14 January 1921 to 25 January 1921) |
| Artur Bach | 13 October 1921 (replacing Juhan Jans) | 18 October 1921 (replacing Peeter Treiberg) | ESDTP | |
| Adam Bachmann | Start of session | 30 July 1921 (replaced by Jakob Westholm) | ER | |
| Jaan-Johann Bergmann | Start of session | End of session | KRE | |
| Vladimir Binsol | 7 March 1922 (replacing Jakob Meeritsa) | End of session | EISTP | |
| Ado Birk | Start of session | End of session | ER | |
| Eduard Birkenberg | Start of session | End of session | PK | |
| Martin Bleimann | Start of session | 14 December 1921 (replaced by Kusti Köidam) | EISTP | |
| Max Woldemar Gustav Eduard Bock | Start of session | End of session | SBE | |
| Aksel Brehm | Start of session | 16 December 1921 (replaced by Karl Ellis) | EISTP | |
| Karl Eenpalu | Start of session | End of session | ER, PK | Minister of the Interior (25 January 1921 to 21 November 1922); Minister of Labour and Welfare (16 January 1921 to 27 April 1921); Minister of Welfare (27 April 1921 to 16 December 1921); Minister of Internal Affairs (21 November 1922 to 2 August 1923) |
| August Ehrlich | 7 January 1921 (replacing Peeter Põllu) | End of session | ER | |
| Jaan Eigo | Start of session | End of session | PK | |
| Karl Ellis | 16 December 1921 (replacing Aksel Brehm) | 10 March 1922 (replaced by Paula Järv) | EISTP | |
| Villem Ernits | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Karl Oskar Freiberg | Start of session | End of session | EISTP | |
| Vassili Grigorjev | Start of session | End of session | ETE | |
| Timotheus Grünthal | 2 November 1921 (replacing Friido Kirsi) | 25 November 1921 (replaced by Aleksander Hint) | ETE | |
| Oskar Gustavson | Start of session | End of session | EISTP | |
| Augustin Hansen | Start of session | End of session | EISTP | |
| Mihkel Haus | 10 May 1921 (replacing Jaan Kurgemaa) | 16 July 1921 (resigned; replaced by Jüri Reinthal) | (TAK)KTR | |
| Aleksander Hint | 25 November 1921 (replacing Timotheus Grünthal) | End of session | ETE | |
| Jaan Hünerson | Start of session | End of session | PK | |
| Karl Ipsberg | 12 April 1921 (replacing Paul Leis) | End of session | PK | Minister of Roads (16 December 1921 to 21 November 1922, and 21 November 1922 to 2 August 1923); Minister of Trade and Industry (16 December 1921 to 21 November 1922) |
| Aleksander Jaakson | 29 September 1922 (replacing Johan Teng) | End of session | EISTP | |
| Jaak Jakobson | 29 March 1922 (replacing Arnold Sommerling) | 7 April 1922 (replaced by Adolf Leevald) | (TAK)KTR | |
| Johan Jans | Start of session | 11 October 1921 (replaced by Artur Bach) | ESDTP | |
| Leopold Johannes Johanson | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Erich Jonas | Start of session | End of session | EISTP | |
| Aleksander Jõeäär | Start of session | End of session | ESDP | |
| Paula Järv | 10 March 1922 (replacing Karl Ellis) | 25 April 1922 (replaced by Karl Tammik) | EISTP | |
| Jaan Järve | Start of session | 14 March 1922 (replaced by Alfred Teppan) | ER | |
| Oskar Rudolf Jürgenfeldt | 16 December 1921 (replacing Lui Olesk) | End of session | ETE | |
| Anton Tõnis Jürgenstein | Start of session | End of session | ER | |
| August Jürima | Start of session | End of session | PK | |
| Aleksander Kaar | Start of session | 15 October 1921 (replaced by Friido Kirs) | ETE | |
| Christjan Kaarna | Start of session | End of session | ETE | |
| Tõnis Kalbus | Start of session | End of session | EISTP | |
| Jaan Kalla | 10 March 1922 (replacing Hans Kruus) | 15 March 1922 (replaced by Karl Stallmeister) | (ETE) | |
| Aksel Kallas | Start of session | 3 April 1922 (died; replaced on 7 April 1922 by Madis Rookman) | KRE | |
| Johan Kana | Start of session | End of session | ETE | |
| Paul Keerdo | Start of session | End of session | EISTP | |
| August Kerem | Start of session | End of session | ER | |
| Johann Kesküll | Start of session | End of session | MR | |
| Mart Kiirats | Start of session | 12 April 1921 (replaced by Jaan Saul) | PK | |
| Eduard Kirs | 1 November 1922 (replacing Johannes Lehman) | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Friido Kirs | 15 October 1921 (replacing Aleksander Kaare) | 2 November 1922 (resigned; replaced by Timotheus Grünthal) | ETE | |
| Hermann Georg Willibald Koch | Start of session | End of session | SBE | |
| Karp Koemets | Start of session | End of session | ETE | |
| Peeter Koemets | Start of session | End of session | PK | |
| Johannes Koppel | 7 October 1921 (replacing Georg Tamme) | End of session | PK | |
| Jaan Kriisa | Start of session | 7 January 1921 (replaced by Johannes Semm) | ER | |
| Hans Kruus | Start of session | 10 March 1922 (replaced by Jaan Kalla) | EISTP | |
| Johann Kukk | Start of session | End of session | ETE | Chairman of the Board of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Roads (26 October 1920 to 25 January 1921); Minister of Commerce and Industry (25 January 1921 to 18 November 1922); Minister of Industry (27 April 1921 to 16 December 1921). |
| Jaan Kurgemaa | 5 April 1921 (replacing Jaan Reinberg) | 10 May 1921 (resigned; replaced by Mihkel Haus) | (TAK)KTR | |
| Eduard Kägu | 20 October 1921 (replacing Johannes-August Allikso) | 6 December 1922 (replaced by Aleksander Leopold Raudkepp) | (TAK)KTR | |
| Kustas Köidam | 15 December 1921 (replacing Martin Bleimann) | 25 April 1922 (replaced by August Putk) | EISTP | |
| Johan Laidoner | Start of session | End of session | PK | |
| Jann Lattik | Start of session | End of session | KRE | |
| Jaan Leeto | 15 November 1921 (replacing Villem Tiideman) | 14 March 1922 (resigned; replaced by Arnold Sommerling) | (TAK)KTR | |
| Adolf Leevald | 7 April 1922 (replacing Jaak Jakobson) | 29 September 1922 (replaced by Jaan Tomp) | (TAK)KTR | |
| Johannes Lehman | 17 October 1922 (replacing Peeter Treiberg) | 1 November 1922 (resigned; replaced by Friido Kirs) | ESDTP | |
| Paul Leis | Start of session | 12 April 1921 (replaced by Karl Ipsberg) | PK | |
| Artur Liiberg | Start of session | 6 December 1921 (replaced by Jaan Tiks) | EISTP | |
| Oskar Karl Johann Liigand | 7 January 1921 (replacing Jaan Mägi) | End of session | ER | |
| Eduard Liivak | Start of session | End of session | PK | |
| Karl Liivak | 18 October 1922 (replacing Julius Seljamaa) | End of session | ETE | |
| Andres Lilienblatt | 18 January 1921 (replacing Ado Rõõmussaare) | End of session | PK | |
| Voldemar Linnamägi | Start of session | End of session | KRE | |
| Juhan Luiga | Start of session | End of session | ETE | |
| Villem Maaker | Start of session | End of session | ETE | |
| August Maramaa | Start of session | 15 September 1922 (replaced by Aleksander Tulp) | ESDTP | |
| Ernst Martinson | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Hans Martna | Start of session | 23 September 1922 (replaced by Märt Raud) | ESDTP | |
| Mihkel Martna | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Alfred Maurer | 6 December 1922 (replacing Sergei Andrejev) | End of session | PK | |
| Jakob Meerits | Start of session | 7 March 1923 (replaced by Vladimir Binsol) | EISTP | |
| Karl Mikita | 8 January 1923 (replacing Paul Öpik) | End of session | ETE | |
| Hans Mitt | Start of session | 7 January 1921 (replaced by Ado Rõõmussaar) | PK | |
| Jaan Mägi | Start of session | 7 January 1921 (replaced by Oskar Liigand) | ER | |
| Johannes Märtson | 11 February 1921 (replacing Hugo Rahamägi) | End of session | KRE | |
| Otto Münther | Start of session | 25 January 1921 (replaced by Paul Abramson) | EISTP | |
| Mihkel Neps | Start of session | End of session | (TAK)KTR | |
| Aleksander Oinas | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Lui Olesk | Start of session | 16 December 1921 (replaced by Oskar Jürgenfeldt) | ESDTP | |
| Voldemar Oras | 11 November 1921 (Johann Anderson) | End of session | ETE | |
| Johannes Orik | 2 March 1923 (replacing Aleksander Tulp) | 12 March 1923 (resigned; replaced by Peeter Adamson) | EISTP | |
| Alma Ostra-Oinas | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Rudolf Paabo | 24 November 1922 (replacing Villem Aleksander Reinok) | 29 November 1922 (replaced by Paul Öpik) | ETE | |
| Anton Palvadre | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Jüri Parik | Start of session | End of session | PK | |
| Tõnis Pedak | 21 October 1921 (replacing Peeter Puusepa) | End of session | PK | |
| Walter von Pezold | 4 January 1921 (replacing Hermann-Leopold Ammende) | End of session | SBE | |
| Hans Piip | Start of session | End of session | ETE | State Chancellor (20 December 1921 to 25 January 1921); Minister of Foreign Affairs (25 January 1921 to 21 November 1922); Minister of Roads (26 January 1921 to 16 December 1921); Minister of Commerce, Industry and Labour (23 November 1921 to 16 December 1921) |
| Karl Piirisild | 4 December 1922 (replacing Johannes Semm) | End of session | ER | |
| Jaan Piiskar | Start of session | End of session | EISTP | |
| Theodor Pool | Start of session | End of session | ETE | |
| Aleksander Prass | 15 November 1921 (replacing Jüri Reinthal) | End of session | (TAK)KTR | |
| August Putk | 25 April 1922 (replacing Kusti Koidam) | 22 June 1922 (resigned; replaced by August Sprenk) | EISTP | |
| Peeter Puusepp | Start of session | 21 October 1921 (replaced by Tõnis Pedak) | ||
| Peeter Siegfried Põld | Start of session | 7 January 1921 (replaced by August Ehrlich) | ER | |
| Otto-Rudolf Pärlin | Start of session | End of session | PK | |
| Aleksander Pärn | 3 January 1923 (replacing Karl Stallmeister) | End of session | EISTP | |
| Konstantin Päts | Start of session | End of session | PK | State Elder of Estonia (25 January 1921 to 21 November 1922) |
| Hans Pöhl | Start of session | End of session | KRE | |
| Mait Püümann | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Hugo Bernhard Rahamägi | Start of session | 11 February 1921 (replaced by Johannes Märtson) | KRE | |
| Märt Raud | 26 September 1922 (replacing Hans Martna) | 29 September 1922 (replaced by Robert Astrem) | ESDTP | |
| Aleksander Leopold Raudkepp | 6 December 1922 (replacing Eduard Kägus) | End of session | KRE | |
| Johannes Reesen | 29 September 1922 (replacing Johannes Vanja) | End of session | (TAK)KTR | |
| August Rei | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Jaan Reinberg | Start of session | 5 April 1921 (replaced by Jaan Kurgemaa) | (TAK)KTR | |
| Villem Aleksander Reinok | 28 October 1922 (replacing Anton Uesson) | 24 November 1922 (replaced by Rudolf Paab) | ETE | |
| Jüri Reinthal | 16 July 1921 (replacing Mihkel Haus) | 15 November 1921 (resigned; replaced by Alexander Prass) | (TAK)KTR | |
| Jüri Rooberg | Start of session | 7 January 1921 (replaced by Johannes Vanja) | (TAK)KTR | |
| Madis Rookman | 7 April 1922 (replacing Aksel Kallas) | End of session | KRE | |
| Ado Rõõmussaar | 7 January 1921 (replacing Hans Mitt) | 18 January 1921 (replaced by Andres Lilienblatt) | PK | |
| Aleksander Saar | Start of session | End of session | PK | |
| Jaan Santa | Start of session | 19 January 1921 (replaced by Villem Tiideman) | (TAK)KTR | |
| Jaan Saul | 12 April 1921 (replacing Mart Kiiratsi) | End of session | PK | |
| Arnold Paul Schulbach | Start of session | End of session | ETE | |
| Julius Friedrich Seljamaa | Start of session | 18 October 1922 (replaced by Karl Liibak) | ETE | |
| Johannes Semm | 7 January 1921 (replacing Jaan Kriisa) | 4 December 1922 (replaced by Karl Piirsild) | ETE | |
| Johannes Soans | Start of session | 15 March 1922 (replaced by Sergei Andrejev) | (TAK)KTR | |
| Arnold Sommerling | 15 March 1922 (replacing Jaan Leeto) | 28 March 1922 (replaced by Jaak Jakobson) | (TAK)KTR | |
| Jaan Soots | Start of session | End of session | PK | Minister of War (25 January 1921 to 21 November 1922; and 22 November 1922 to 2 February 1923) |
| Aleksei Sorokin | Start of session | End of session | VRL | |
| August Sprenk | 22 June 1922 (replacing August Putk) | End of session | EISTP | |
| Georg Rudolf Stackelberg | Start of session | 10 January 1923 (replaced by Berend Wetter-Rosenthal) | SBE | |
| Karl Stallmeister | 15 March 1922 (replacing Jaan Kalla) | 3 January 1923 (replaced by Aleksander Pärn) | EISTP | |
| Eduard Steinmann | Start of session | End of session | PK | |
| Otto August Strandman | Start of session | End of session | ETE | |
| Fritz Suit | Start of session | End of session | ETE | |
| Johannes-Friedrich Zimmermann | Start of session | End of session | ETE | |
| Georg Tamm | Start of session | 7 October 1921 (replaced by Johannes Koppel) | PK | |
| Karl Tammik | 25 April 1922 (replacing Paul Järv) | 5 May 1922 (replaced by Johan Teng) | EISTP | |
| Johan Teng | 5 May 1922 (replacing Karl Tammiku) | 29 September 1922 (replaced by Aleksander Jaakson) | TAK(KTR), EISTP | |
| Alfred Teppan | 14 March 1922 (replacing Jaan Järve) | End of session | ER | |
| Villem Tiideman | 19 October 1921 (replacing Jean Santa) | 15 November 1921 (replacled by Jaan Leeto) | TAK(KTR) | |
| Jaan Tiks | 6 December 1921 (replacing Artur Liibergi) | End of session | EISTP | |
| Jaan Tomp | 29 September 1922 (replacing Adolf Leevaldi) | End of session | TAK(KTR) | |
| Peeter Treiberg | 18 October 1921 (replacing Artur Bachi) | 17 October 1922 (replaced by Johannes Lehman) | ESDTP | |
| Aleksander Tulp | 15 September 1922 (replaced by August Maramaa) | 2 March 1923 (replaced by Johannes Orik) | ESDTP | |
| Artur Tupits | Start of session | End of session | PK | |
| Jaan Tõnisson | Start of session | End of session | ER | |
| Anton Uesson | Start of session | 28 October 1922 (resigned; replaced by Villem Reinok) | ETE | |
| Jüri Uluots | Start of session | 25 September 1922 (replaced by Johannes Vilmann) | PK | |
| Jaan Vain | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Johannes Vanja | 7 January 1921 (replacing Jüri Roober) | 29 September 1922 (replaced by Johannes Reesen) | (TAK)KTR | |
| Aleksander Veiler | Start of session | End of session | ETE | |
| Jakob Westholm | 30 July 1921 (replacing Adam Bachman) | End of session | ER | |
| Berend Wetter-Rosenthal | 10 January 1923 (replacing Georg Rudolf Stackelberg) | End of session | SBE | |
| Johannes Vilmann (alias Villman, Villmann, Vilman) | 25 September 1922 (replacing Jüri Uluots) | End of session | PK | |
| Karl Johannes Virma | Start of session | End of session | ESDTP | |
| Paul Öpik | 29 November 1922 (replacing Rudolf Paab) | 25 January 1923 (replaced by Karl Mikita) | ETE |
References
[edit]- ^ Nohlen, D. and Stöver, P. Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook (2010), pp. 574–586. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "I Riigikogu, 20.12.1920–30.05.1923", National Library of Estonia [in Estonian]. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "I Riigikogu liikmed", Riigikogu (in Estonian). Retrieved 24 January 2018.
Further information
[edit]- "I Riigikogu koosseis [Composition of the first Riigikogu]", Riigikogu (in Estonian).
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