Cabinet Kint

The government-in-exile of the Republic of Estonia under Prime Minister Tõnis Kint ("Cabinet Kint") was in office from March 1, 1964 to May 8, 1971. According to official counts, it was the 31st government of the Republic of Estonia since independence was declared in 1918 and the third Estonian Government-in-exile following the occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union during World War II . The government stayed in office for 2,625 days.

Government formation

On March 29, 1963, the incumbent Estonian head of state August Rei (1886–1963) died in exile in Stockholm . According to Article 46 of the Estonian Constitution of 1938, the office was taken over by the current Prime Minister, Aleksander Warma (1890–1970) on the same day . At the same time, according to Article 52 of the Constitution, the oldest member of the previous cabinet took over the duties of the Prime Minister. This was Tõnis Kint (1896–1991). On April 2, 1963, President Warma appointed Tõnis Kint as acting Prime Minister and Arvo Horm as Acting Foreign Minister.

Tõnis Kint formed a new government in exile in March 1964 under his leadership.

Cabinet members

Department	Surname	Term of office
Prime Minister	Tõnis Kint	March 1, 1964 - May 8, 1971
Minister of Justice in exile	Peeter Panksepp	March 1, 1964 - August 1, 1970
Foreign Minister in Exile	August Koern	March 1, 1964 - May 8, 1971
Minister of Education in exile	Elmar Järvesoo	March 1, 1964 - May 8, 1971
Minister of Social Affairs in exile	Ivar Grünthal	March 1, 1964 - May 8, 1971
Interior Minister in exile	Aksel Mark	March 1, 1964 - May 8, 1971
Transport minister in exile	Juhan Käis	March 1, 1964 - May 8, 1971
Minister of Economics in exile	Arvo Horm	March 1, 1964 - May 8, 1971
Minister of Agriculture in exile	Tõnis Kint	March 1, 1964 - May 8, 1971
Acting Minister of War in exile	Tõnis Kint	March 1, 1964 - May 8, 1971

Government action

Under the incumbent President Aleksander Warma, the government in exile under Tõnis Kint acted largely inconspicuously.

In the fall of 1963, Warma and Kint wrote to the US State Department asking them to recognize the government in exile. The US government did not comply with this request.

In April 1967 the government in exile submitted a memorandum to the British government. It was about preventing a possible realization of the gold stocks of Eesti Pank, which had been relocated to Great Britain before the Second World War, in favor of the Soviet Union . This political step by the government in exile was also unsuccessful. On January 5, 1968, Great Britain and the Soviet Union concluded a corresponding agreement at the expense of the Republic of Estonia.

See also

• Estonian government

Web links

• Government (Estonian State Chancellery)
• History of the government (Estonian)

Individual evidence

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