Nikolai Karotamm

Nikolai Karotamm
Karotamm giving a speech in 1948
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia
In office
28 September 1944 – 26 March 1950
Preceded byKarl Säre
Succeeded byJohannes Käbin
Personal details
Born(1901-10-23)23 October 1901
Pärnu, Kreis Pernau, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died21 September 1969(1969-09-21) (aged 67)
Moscow, Soviet Union
CitizenshipSoviet
NationalityEstonian
Political partyAll-Union Communist Party (b) (1927-1969)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of Netherlands
Alma materCommunist University of the National Minorities of the West
ProfessionEconomist

Nikolai Karotamm (October 23, 1901 – September 21, 1969) was an Estonian communist politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of Estonia. In 1925, he emigrated to the Netherlands, where in 1926, he joined the Communist Party of the Netherlands. Following the Second World War, he led multiple repatriation teams to displaced persons camps in Germany.