Aleksander Warma

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Aleksander Warma ( Varma ) (born June 10, jul. / 22. June  1890 greg. In the village Viinistu , today community Loksa , county Harjumaa , Estonia ; † 23. December 1970 in Stockholm , Sweden ) was an Estonian exile politicians and from 1963 to 1970 Head of State of the Republic of Estonia in exile .

Youth, training and studies

From 1907 to 1914, Aleksander Warma worked with interruptions as a stoker, sailor and helmsman on merchant ships. During the First World War he was used in the Russian navy from 1914 to 1918 . With the establishment of the Republic of Estonia in 1918, he embarked on a career in the Estonian Navy . He studied at the shipping schools of Käsmu and Narva and passed his maritime exam in 1920 in Riga .

From 1920 to 1924 he studied law at the University of Tartu . In 1928 he became a Magister juris . 1920 to 1924 he worked alongside his studies in the staff of the Estonian Navy. From 1924 to 1926 he worked as a lawyer in the Estonian Ministry of Defense, in 1926/27 in the legal department of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from 1927 to 1931 as the head of the central department there. From 1931 to 1933 Aleksander Warma was transferred to the Moscow embassy and from 1933 to 1938 he was the Estonian consul general in Leningrad . In 1938/39 he was the Estonian envoy in Kaunas and from 1939 to 1944 in Helsinki .

Politician in exile

With the occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union , Aleksander Warma emigrated into exile in Sweden. In the Estonian government-in-exile he was Foreign Minister and Justice Minister from 1953 to 1962 and Deputy Prime Minister from 1962/63 with the duties of Foreign Minister. From March 30, 1963 until his death on December 23, 1970 he was Prime Minister with the duties of President and Head of State of the Republic of Estonia in exile.

In 2002 his body was reburied in the Tallinn Forest Cemetery and buried next to his wife Marta.

Awards

Aleksander Warma was a recipient of Estonian (awarded in 1920 and 1938), Latvian (1931), Finnish (1931) and Russian (1915) medals.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the baptismal register of the Kusal community (Estonian: Kuusalu kogudus)
personal data
SURNAME Warma, Aleksander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Varma, Aleksander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian lawyer and politician in the government-in-exile
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Viinistu
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1970
Place of death Stockholm