Cabinet Eenpalu II

Government of the Republic of Estonia under Prime Minister Kaarel Eenpalu (Eenpalu II cabinet). Term of office: May 9, 1938 to October 12, 1939.

government

The Eenpalu government was officially the 26th government of the Republic of Estonia since independence was proclaimed in 1918. It remained in office for 522 days.

On January 1, 1938, after a referendum, a new Estonian constitution came into force. It provided for the office of prime minister. The government was appointed by Decree No. 12 of the Estonian President Konstantin Päts on May 9, 1938 on the basis of Section 50 of the Constitution.

President Päts, who had seized power in a bloodless coup in 1934 , wanted with the new constitution and the appointment of his confidante Eenpalu as prime minister to promote a transition of his dictator to a controlled democracy with the continued strong role of the president. However, the parties remained banned.

cabinet

Department	Surname	Term of office
Prime Minister	Karlsbund	May 9, 1938 - October 12, 1939
Foreign minister	Karl Selter	May 9, 1938 - October 12, 1939
Interior minister	Richard Veerma	May 9, 1938 - October 12, 1939
Minister of Justice	Albert Assor	May 9, 1938 - October 12, 1939
Minister of Agriculture	Artur Tupits	May 9, 1938 - October 12, 1939
Minister of Education	Aleksander Jaakson	May 9, 1938 - October 12, 1939
Economics Minister	Leo Sepp	May 9, 1938 - October 12, 1939
Minister of War	Paul Lill	May 9, 1938 - October 12, 1939
Minister of transport	Nikolai Viitak	May 9, 1938 - October 12, 1939
Minister of Social Affairs	Oskar Kask	May 9, 1938 - October 12, 1939
minister	Ants Oidermaa	January 24, 1939 - October 12, 1939

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Estonia

Web links

• Cabinet List (Estonian State Chancellery)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Eenpalu had in 1935 his German-sounding name Karl Einbund estnisiert
2. ↑ from May 11, 1938 also Deputy Prime Minister according to § 50 paragraph 2 of the constitution