Jaan Hünerson
Jaan Hünerson (* January 23 jul. / 4. February 1882 greg. Farm Viira talu , village Mäeküla , rural community Karksi , Viljandi County , Governorate of Livonia , † 5 June 1942 in the prison camp Severouralsk in Sosva , Sverdlovsk Oblast , Soviet Union ) was an Estonian agronomist and politician.
Early years
Jaan Hünerson was born as the son of farmers Margus and Ann Hünseron. He attended the village and parish schools of Karksi . In 1898 his training took him to the agricultural school in Harju near Kotka, Finland . He then went to secondary school in Tartu from 1898 to 1903 . 1903/04 Hünerson served in the tsarist army . As a volunteer he took in Manchuria the Japanese Russian War in part.
1906/07 Hünerson studied agriculture at the University of Königsberg in Prussia , then at the Agricultural College in Bonn-Poppelsdorf . He graduated in 1912 in the subjects of agronomy and land improvement. Then he went back to his homeland in Livonia.
From 1912 to 1918 Hünerson worked as a lecturer in agriculture in Tartu and Vahi . 1918/19 he was a teacher at the agricultural middle school in Tartu. At the same time, Hünerson is pursuing an (agricultural) journalistic career. From 1904 to 1906 he worked with interruptions in the editorial team of the Tartu newspaper Postimees . From 1911 to 1914 he was a member of the editorial board of the agricultural newspaper Põllutööleht , where he was an editor from 1914 to 1918.
politics
After the revolution in Russia , Hünerson was co-founder and chairman of the board of the "Estonian Rural People's Union" ( Eesti Maarahva Liit ) in 1917 . With the proclamation of the state independence of Estonia , Hünerson went into the active politics of the newly founded republic. In 1918 the agrarian-conservative political party “ Bund der Landwirte ” ( Põllumeeste Kogud ) was formed from the “ Rural People's Union ” around its undisputed leader Konstantin Päts . Hünerson remained one of the party's top politicians and agricultural experts through the 1920s.
In 1919/20 Hünerson was a member of the Constituent Assembly of the Republic of Estonia ( Asutav Kogu ) for the "Association of Farmers" . He was then a member of the Estonian Parliament ( Riigikogu ) in all five legislative periods between the wars.
In addition, Hünerson was a minister in several Estonian governments:
| cabinet | Department | Term of office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teemant I | Interior minister | March 4, 1927– December 9, 1927 | PK |
| Tõnisson III | Interior minister | December 9, 1927 - December 4, 1928 | PK |
| Strandman II | Education and Social Affairs Minister | 07/09/1929 - 02/12/1931 | PK |
| Father III | Minister of Justice and the Interior | 02/12/1931 - 11/20/1931 | PK |
| Father III | Minister of Agriculture | 11/20/1931 - 02/19/1932 | PK |
| Teemant IV | Education and Social Affairs Minister | 02/19/1932 - 07/19/1932 | PK |
| Binding I | Education and Social Affairs Minister | 07/19/1932 - 11/01/1932 | PK |
In addition, Hünerson continued to work as a journalist. From 1919 to 1939 he was editor of the newspaper Põllumees ("The Farmer"). From 1920 to 1927 he was a member of the editorial team of the newspaper Kaja , the mouthpiece of the “Bund der Landwirte”.
In 1932 Hünerson was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Tartu . From 1933 to 1936 Hünerson was director of the Chamber of Agriculture of the Republic of Estonia and chairman of the board of the Central Agricultural Association of Estonia . From 1937 to 1940 he headed the newly founded corporation Riigi Viljasalv , the state buying and selling organization for grain and its strategic stockpiling. Hünerson belonged to numerous agricultural associations. Among other things, he was from 1924 to 1940 General Secretary of the "Central Association of Estonian Farmers" ( Eesti Põllumeeste Keskselts ).
Arrest and death
With the Soviet occupation of Estonia, Hünerson was arrested in 1941. He was shot dead in the gulag in June of the following year .
Private life
Jaan Hünerson was married to Eleonore Marie Kristen Ruus (1890–1949) from 1911. His wife was a leading member of the scout movement from 1924 until the Soviet occupation of Estonia . She managed to escape to Germany in 1944; she died in London. The couple had four daughters.
Since the early 1990s, a plaque commemorates Jaan and Eleonore Hünerson on their former home in Tartu.
literature
- Jüri Kuum: Doctor hc Jaan Hünerson 1882–1942. Tartu 1990
Web links
Individual evidence
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hünerson, Jaan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian politician, member of the Riigikogu and agronomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Viira talu farm, Mäeküla village , Karksi rural community , Viljandi county , Livonia Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1942 |
| Place of death | near Soswa , Sverdlovsk Oblast , Soviet Union |