Otto Tief

Otto Tief
Tief, c. 1930
Born(1889-08-14)14 August 1889
Uusküla, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
Died5 March 1976(1976-03-05) (aged 86)
Ahja, Estonia
NationalityEstonia
Occupation(s)Lawyer
Prime Minister

Otto Tief (14 August [O.S. 2 August] 1889[1] – 5 March 1976) was an Estonian politician, military commander, and a lawyer.

Tief was the acting prime minister of the last government of Estonia[2][3] before Soviet troops occupied Estonia in the Second World War in September 1944. Due to his commitment to his country, Tief is regarded by many of his fellow countrymen as a symbol of national resistance.

  1. ^ "Otto Tiefi sünd". Histrodamus. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  2. ^ The Otto Tief government and the fall of Tallinn Archived 21 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 22 September 1944: From one occupation to another Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine