Gottlieb Ast
Gottlieb Jaan road (* February 18 . Jul / 2. March 1874 greg. In the rural community Orava , today Võru County , Estonia ; † 15. December 1919 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian politician. In 1919 he served briefly as mayor of the Estonian capital Tallinn.
Life and politics
Gottlieb Ast was born as the son of the court owner Vidrik (Friedrich) Ast (1837-1912) and his wife Mari Täht (1845-1915) in what was then Livonia . He studied law at the University of Tartu from 1902 to 1906 .
At the beginning of the 20th century, Ast began to get involved politically. He was active as a socialist agitator in what is now southern Estonia . After the Russian Revolution in 1906 he emigrated via Finland, first to Switzerland and Dresden , then on to the United States .
After the February Revolution in 1917 , he returned to his Baltic homeland in 1918. For the Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Eesti Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Tööliste party) he was elected to the Tallinn City Council in the city council election on May 25, 1919. On June 26, 1919, the city council elected Ast as mayor of Tallinn. As early as July 17, however, the city council determined a new city government due to political quarrels, and Ast had to make way for Social Democrat Anton Uesson as mayor. Uesson then remained mayor of Tallinn from 1919 to 1934.
Gottlieb Ast remained deputy mayor of Tallinn until his untimely death. Shortly before his death, Ast fell out with the Estonian Social Democrats and helped found the Estonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party (EISTP). He died of tuberculosis in December 1919 .
Gottlieb Ast is buried in the Rahumäe cemetery in Tallinn.
Private life
Gottlieb Ast was the younger brother of the Estonian politician and writer Karl Ast (1886–1971).
Web links
- Entry in the personal database ISIK (Estonian)
- Death notice and obituary ( Tallinna Teataja, December 16, 1919, Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://forte.delfi.ee/news/ajalugu/valimised-tallinnas-1919-aastal-linnapeaks-valitud-gottlieb-ast-suri-aasta-lopus-tiisikusse?id=79526082
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ast, Gottlieb |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ast, Gottlieb Jaan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orava rural municipality , today Võru County , Estonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 1919 |
| Place of death | Tallinn |