Valter Klauson

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Valter Klauson (Russian Вальтер Иванович Клаусон * December 20, 1913 . Jul / January 2, 1914 greg. In Luga ; †  5. December 1988 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian Communist politician. He was chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Estonian SSR from 1961 to 1984 .

Life

Valter Klauson graduated from the Auto Transport Engineering School in Luga in Leningrad Oblast in 1933 . From 1934 to 1941 he was a senior executive for bridge, highway and railroad construction in Russia . In 1941, after the occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union , he worked as chief mechanic in the road construction department of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic . During World War II he served in the Red Army . In 1943 he joined the CPSU .

From 1944 to 1953 Klauson was a senior staff member in the Road Construction Department of the Estonian SSR, 1953/54 Minister for Car Transport and Overland Roads of the Estonian SSR and from 1953 to 1961 First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Estonian SSR. In 1965 he graduated from the Higher Party School of the Central Committee of the CPSU. From 1956 to 1984 Klauson was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia (EKP).

From October 12, 1961 to January 18, 1984, Klauson was the successor to Aleksei Müürisepp, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Estonian SSR and thus communist head of government in Estonia. In 1977 Klauson briefly attracted international attention with his public statement that the standard of living in the Estonian SSR was higher than in the Federal Republic of Germany.

From 1958 to 1974 Valter Klauson was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and from 1955 and from 1963 to 1985 a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR.

In 1984 Klauson retired from political life for reasons of age. His successor as chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Estonian SSR was Bruno Saul .

Works

  • Rahva hüvanguks (1967)
  • Loomeaastad (1977)
  • Creative Years Tallinn: Perioodika (1978)

literature

  • Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 168

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.epl.ee/arvamus/406532
personal data
SURNAME Klauson, Valter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian communist politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH at Luga
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 1988
Place of death Tallinn