Ants Piip

Ants Piip
Ants Piip, 1923
1st State Elder of Estonia
In office
20 December 1920 – 25 January 1921
Preceded byhimself
as Prime Minister
Succeeded byKonstantin Päts
5th Prime Minister of Estonia
In office
26 October 1920 – 20 December 1920
Preceded byJaan Tõnisson
Succeeded byhimself
as State Elder
Personal details
Born(1884-02-28)28 February 1884
Tuhalaane, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died1 October 1942(1942-10-01) (aged 58)
Nyrobsky camp, Molotov Oblast, Soviet Union
NationalityEstonian
Political partyEstonian Labour Party, later none
Professionlawyer, diplomat, politician

Ants Piip VR III/1 (also Anton or Hans Piip; 28 February [O.S. 16 February] 1884 in Tuhalaane, Kreis Fellin[1] – 1 October 1942 in Nyrobsky camp, Perm Oblast, Russian SFSR) was an Estonian lawyer, diplomat and politician.[2] Piip was the 1st Head of State of Estonia and the 5th Prime Minister of Estonia. Piip played a key role in internationalising the independence aspirations of Estonia during the Paris Peace Conference following World War I.[3]

  1. ^ "Ants Piibu sünd" (in Estonian). Histrodamus. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Juhatus ja liikmed". Riigikogu (in Estonian). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. ^ Aston 2010, p. 3.