Ado Anderkopp

Ado Ander Kopp (born January 6 ^{. Jul} / 18th January  1894 ^greg. In the rural community Massu ; †  thirtieth July 1941 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian politician and journalist.

Early years

Ado Anderkopp was born as the son of the farmer Jaan Anderkopp and his wife Liisu Kukk. He first attended the Tallinn City School, then from 1907 to 1913 the Nicholas I High School in the Estonian capital. From 1909 he was known as an athlete and footballer.

Anderkopp studied law at the University of Saint Petersburg from 1913 to 1917 . In 1922 he passed his law exam as an external student at the University of Tartu .

In 1916/17 Anderkopp worked as a businessman in Petrograd . In 1917 he worked for the Russian Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Then he was secretary of Virumaa County ( Wierland ) in northeast Estonia .

When Estonia became independent from Russia in 1918, Anderkopp became politically active. During the Estonian War of Independence against Soviet Russia (1918–1920) Anderkopp organized the paramilitary groups in northeast Estonia.

Politician

In the young Estonian democracy, Anderkopp joined the Estonian Labor Party ( Eesti Tööerakond ), which was co-founded by Estonian intellectuals from Saint Petersburg . The party was center-left oriented. In the mid-1920s she moved to the more conservative camp. From January 1932, after several party alliances, it was renamed the National Center Party ( Rahvuslik Keskeradkond ). From 1921 to 1929 Anderkopp was the responsible editor of the party-affiliated daily Vaba Maa .

Anderkopp was one of the party's leaders throughout the interwar period . Anderkopp was elected to the Constituent Assembly of the Republic of Estonia ( Asutav Kogu ) in April 1919 . He was a member of the democratically elected Estonian Parliament ( Riigikogu ) for all five legislative periods. From 1923 to 1929 he was chairman of the Central Committee of the Estonian Labor Party and group chairman.

In total, Anderkopp belonged to five Estonian cabinets as ministers:

cabinet	Department	Term of office	Political party
Father II	Minister of War	August 2, 1923 - February 19, 1924	ETE
Strandman II	Minister of Justice and the Interior	April 12, 1930 - February 12, 1931	ETE
Teemant IV	Interior minister	February 19, 1932 - July 19, 1932	RKE
Binding I	Minister of Justice and the Interior	July 19, 1932 - November 1, 1932	RKE
Father VI	Minister of Justice and the Interior	November 1, 1932 - May 18, 1933	RKE

From 1921 to 1925 he was part of the Estonian delegation to the League of Nations Assembly. Anderkopp was a co-founder of the Estonian League of Nations.

Sports official

In addition, Anderkopp was one of the leading sports officials in Estonia in the interwar period. From 1920 he was chairman of the Estonian Sports Federation ( Eesti Spordi Liit ). He was one of the founders of the Estonian Olympic Committee ( Eesti Olümpiakomitee ). Anderkopp represented the Estonian team at the Olympic Games in 1920 and 1936 .

In 1920/21, 1923 and from 1934 to 1940 Anderkopp was chairman of the Tallinn Kalev Sports Club . From 1930 to 1939 he was President of the Estonian Football Association ( Eesti Jalgpalli Liit ).

Coup in 1934

In March 1934, the managing Estonian head of state and government, Konstantin Päts, seized power in a bloodless coup with the help of the military . From now on he ruled authoritarian. The parties were banned from operating, the democratically elected parliament no longer met.

Anderkopp came to terms with the new rule. He was elected to the Constituent Assembly ( Rahvuskogu ) in December 1936, which drafted a new Basic Law tailored entirely to Päts . He then belonged to the first chamber of parliament ( Riigivolikogu ) from February 1938 .

death

With the Soviet occupation of Estonia, Anderkopp was arrested on July 22, 1940. He was sentenced to death on July 28, 1941 and executed two days later in Tallinn.

literature

• Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 19f.

Web links

• Short biography (Estonian)
• Biobibliographical information