List of members of the Riigikogu, 1920–1923

This is a list of members of the first legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) following the 1920 elections (held on 27–29 November 1920). It sat between 20 December 1920 and 30 May 1923, before the next round of elections were held.

Parties and seats

The 1920 general election distributed the 100 seats as follows:

Party Seats +/–
Estonian Labour Party (ETE) 22 –8
Farmers' Assemblies (PK) 21 +13
Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party (ESDTP) 18 –23
Estonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party (EISTP) 11 +4
Estonian People's Party (ER) 10 –15
Christian Democratic Party (KRE) 7 +2
Central Committee of Tallinn Trade Unions (TAK) 5 New
German-Baltic Party (SBE) 4 +1
Russian National Union (VEE) 1 0
Economic Group (MR) 1 New
Total 100 –20
Source: Nohlen and Stöver[1]

Officials

Chairmen:

First Assistant Chairman:

  • Karl Virma (from 4 January 1921)[2]

Second Assistant Chairmen:

  • Jaan Järve (4 January 1921 to 4 March 1921)[2]
  • August Kerem (from 4 March 1921)[2]

Secretaries:

  • Artur Tupits (4 January 1921 to 20 November 1922)[2]
  • Tõnis Kalbus (from 20 November 1922)[2]

First Assistant Secretary

  • Jaan-Johann Bergmann (from 4 January 1921)[2]

Second Assistant Secretary

  • Walter von Pezold (from 4 January 1921)[2]

List of members

Sources:[2][3]

Name Start of term End of term Party Other offices
Paul Abramson 25 January 1921 (replacing Otto Münther) 26 October 1921 (replaced by Johann Anderson) EISTP
Peeter Adamson 12 June 1923 (replacing Johannes Oriku) End of session ESDTP
Johannes-August Allikso Start of session 19 October 1921 (resigned; replaced by Eduard Kägu) KRE
Oskar Amberg Start of session End of session SBE
Hermann-Leopold Ammende Start of session 4 January 1921 (replaced by Walter von Pezold) ETE
Ado Anderkopp Start of session End of session EISTP
Johann Anderson 26 October 1921 (replacing Paul Abramson) 11 November 1921 (replaced by Voldemar Oras) (TAK)KTR, EISTP
Sergei Andrejev 15 March 1922 (replacing Johannes Soans) 6 December 1922 (replaced by Alfred Maurer) ETE
Jüri Annusson Start of session End of session ESDTP
Christian Arro Start of session End of session PK
Emma Asson Start of session End of session ESDTP
Karl Ast Start of session End of session ESDTP
Robert Astrem 29 September 1922 (replacing Märt Raua) End of session ESDTP
Karl August Baars Start of session End of session ETE Minister of Finance (26 October 1920 to 25 January 1921); Deputy Minister of Justice (14 January 1921 to 25 January 1921)
Artur Backh 13 October 1921 (replacing Juhan Jans) 18 October 1921 (replacing Peeter Treiberg) ESDTP
Adam Bachmann Start of session 30 July 1921 (replaced by Jakob Westholm) ER
Jaan-Johann Bergmann Start of session End of session KRE
Vladimir Binsol 7 March 1922 (replacing Jakob Meeritsa) End of session EISTP
Ado Birk Start of session End of session ER
Eduard Birkenberg Start of session End of session PK
Martin Bleimann Start of session 14 December 1921 (replaced by Kusti Köidam) EISTP
Max Woldemar Gustav Eduard Bock Start of session End of session SBE
Aksel Brehm Start of session 16 December 1921 (replaced by Karl Ellis) EISTP
Karl Eenpalu Start of session End of session ER, PK Minister of the Interior (25 January 1921 to 21 November 1922); Minister of Labour and Welfare (16 January 1921 to 27 April 1921); Minister of Welfare (27 April 1921 to 16 December 1921); Minister of Internal Affairs (21 November 1922 to 2 August 1923)
August Ehrlich 7 January 1921 (replacing Peeter Põllu) End of session ER
Jaan Eigo Start of session End of session PK
Karl Ellis 16 December 1921 (replacing Aksel Brehm) 10 March 1922 (replaced by Paula Järv) EISTP
Villem Ernits Start of session End of session ESDTP
Karl Oskar Freiberg Start of session End of session EISTP
Vassili Grigorjev Start of session End of session ETE
Timotheus Grünthal 2 November 1921 (replacing Friido Kirsi) 25 November 1921 (replaced by Aleksander Hint) ETE
Oskar Gustavson Start of session End of session EISTP
Augustin Hansen Start of session End of session EISTP
Mihkel Haus 10 May 1921 (replacing Jaan Kurgemaa) 16 July 1921 (resigned; replaced by Jüri Reinthal) (TAK)KTR
Aleksander Hint 25 November 1921 (replacing Timotheus Grünthal) End of session ETE
Jaan Hünerson Start of session End of session PK
Karl Ipsberg 12 April 1921 (replacing Paul Leis) End of session PK Minister of Roads (16 December 1921 to 21 November 1922, and 21 November 1922 to 2 August 1923); Minister of Trade and Industry (16 December 1921 to 21 November 1922)
Aleksander Jaakson 29 September 1922 (replacing Johan Teng) End of session EISTP
Jaak Jakobson 29 March 1922 (replacing Arnold Sommerling) 7 April 1922 (replaced by Adolf Leevald) (TAK)KTR
Johan Jans Start of session 11 October 1921 (replaced by Artur Bach) ESDTP
Leopold Johannes Johanson Start of session End of session ESDTP
Erich Jonas Start of session End of session EISTP
Aleksander Jõeäär Start of session End of session ESDP
Paula Järv 10 March 1922 (replacing Karl Ellis) 25 April 1922 (replaced by Karl Tammik) EISTP
Jaan Järve Start of session 14 March 1922 (replaced by Alfred Teppan) ER
Oskar Rudolf Jürgenfeldt 16 December 1921 (replacing Lui Olesk) End of session ETE
Anton Tõnis Jürgenstein Start of session End of session ER
August Jürima Start of session End of session PK
Aleksander Kaar Start of session 15 October 1921 (replaced by Friido Kirs) ETE
Christjan Kaarna Start of session End of session ETE
Tõnis Kalbus Start of session End of session EISTP
Jaan Kalla 10 March 1922 (replacing Hans Kruus) 15 March 1922 (replaced by Karl Stallmeister) (ETE)
Aksel Kallas Start of session 3 April 1922 (died; replaced on 7 April 1922 by Madis Rookman) KRE
Johan Kana Start of session End of session ETE
Harald-Paul Keerdo Start of session End of session EISTP
August Kerem Start of session End of session ER
Johann Kesküll Start of session End of session MR
Mart Kiirats Start of session 12 April 1921 (replaced by Jaan Saul) PK
Eduard Kirs 1 November 1922 (replacing Johannes Lehman) End of session ESDTP
Friido Kirs 15 October 1921 (replacing Aleksander Kaare) 2 November 1922 (resigned; replaced by Timotheus Grünthal) ETE
Hermann Georg Willibald Koch Start of session End of session SBE
Karp Keomets Start of session End of session ETE
Peeter Koemets Start of session End of session PK
Johannes Koppel 7 October 1921 (replacing Georg Tamme) End of session PK
Jaan Kriisa Start of session 7 January 1921 (replaced by Johannes Semm) ER
Hans Kruus Start of session 10 March 1922 (replaced by Jaan Kalla) EISTP
Johann Kukk Start of session End of session ETE Chairman of the Board of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Roads (26 October 1920 to 25 January 1921); Minister of Commerce and Industry (25 January 1921 to 18 November 1922); Minister of Industry (27 April 1921 to 16 December 1921).
Jaan Kurgemaa 5 April 1921 (replacing Jaan Reinberg) 10 May 1921 (resigned; replaced by Mihkel Haus) (TAK)KTR
Eduard Kägu 20 October 1921 (replacing Johannes-August Allikso) 6 December 1922 (replaced by Aleksander Leopold Raudkepp) (TAK)KTR
Kustas Köidam 15 December 1921 (replacing Martin Bleimann) 25 April 1922 (replaced by August Putk) EISTP
Johan Laidoner Start of session End of session PK
Jann Lattik Start of session End of session KRE
Jaan Leeto 15 November 1921 (replacing Villem Tiideman) 14 March 1922 (resigned; replaced by Arnold Sommerling) (TAK)KTR
Adolf Leevald 7 April 1922 (replacing Jaak Jakobson) 29 September 1922 (replaced by Jaan Tomp) (TAK)KTR
Johannes Lehman 17 October 1922 (replacing Peeter Treiberg) 1 November 1922 (resigned; replaced by Friido Kirs) ESDTP
Paul Leis Start of session 12 April 1921 (replaced by Karl Ipsberg) PK
Artur Liiberg Start of session 6 December 1921 (replaced by Jaan Tiks) EISTP
Oskar Karl Johann Liigand 7 January 1921 (replacing Jaan Mägi) End of session ER
Eduard Liivak Start of session End of session PK
Karl Liivak 18 October 1922 (replacing Julius Seljamaa) End of session ETE
Andres Lilienblatt 18 January 1921 (replacing Ado Rõõmussaare) End of session PK
Voldemar Linnamägi Start of session End of session KRE
Juhan Luiga Start of session End of session ETE
Villem Maaker Start of session End of session ETE
August Maramaa Start of session 15 September 1922 (replaced by Aleksander Tulp) ESDTP
Ernst Martinon Start of session End of session ESDTP
Hans Martt Start of session 23 September 1922 (replaced by Märt Raud) ESDTP
Mihkel Martna Start of session End of session ESDTP
Alfred Maurer 6 December 1922 (replacing Sergei Andrejev) End of session PK
Jakob Meerits Start of session 7 March 1923 (replaced by Vladimir Binsol) EISTP
Karl Mikita 8 January 1923 (replacing Paul Öpik) End of session ETE
Hans Mitt Start of session 7 January 1921 (replaced by Ado Rõõmussaar) PK
Jaan Mägi Start of session 7 January 1921 (replaced by Oskar Liigand) ER
Johannes Märtson 11 February 1921 (replacing Hugo Rahamägi) End of session KRE
Otto Münther Start of session 25 January 1921 (replaced by Paul Abramson) EISTP
Mihkel Neps Start of session End of session (TAK)KTR
Alexander Aries Start of session End of session ESDTP
Lui Olesk Start of session 16 December 1921 (replaced by Oskar Jürgenfeldt) ESDTP
Voldemar Oras 11 November 1921 (Johann Anderson) End of session ETE
Johannes Orik 2 March 1923 (replacing Aleksander Tulp) 12 March 1923 (resigned; replaced by Peeter Adamson) EISTP
Alma Ostra-Oinas Start of session End of session ESDTP
Rudolf Paab 24 November 1922 (replacing Villem Aleksander Reinok) 29 November 1922 (replaced by Paul Öpik) ETE
Anton Palvadre Start of session End of session ESDTP
Jüri Parik Start of session End of session PK
Tõnis Pedak 21 October 1921 (replacing Peeter Puusepa) End of session PK
Walter von Pezold 4 January 1921 (replacing Hermann-Leopold Ammende) End of session SBE
Hans Piip Start of session End of session ETE State Chancellor (20 December 1921 to 25 January 1921); Minister of Foreign Affairs (25 January 1921 to 21 November 1922); Minister of Roads (26 January 1921 to 16 December 1921); Minister of Commerce, Industry and Labour (23 November 1921 to 16 December 1921)
Karl Piirisild 4 December 1922 (replacing Johannes Semm) End of session ER
Jaan Piiskar Start of session End of session EISTP
Theodor Pool Start of session End of session ETE
Alexander Prass 15 November 1921 (replacing Jüri Reinthal) End of session (TAK)KTR
August Putk 25 April 1922 (replacing Kusti Koidam) 22 June 1922 (resigned; replaced by August Sprenk) EISTP
Peeter Puusepp Start of session 21 October 1921 (replaced by Tõnis Pedak)
Peeter Siegfriend Põld Start of session 7 January 1921 (replaced by August Ehrlich) ER
Otto-Rudolf Pärl Start of session End of session PK
Aleksander Pärn 3 January 1923 (replacing Karl Stallmeister) End of session EISTP
Konstantin Päts Start of session End of session PK State Elder of Estonia (25 January 1921 to 21 November 1922)
Hans Pöhl Start of session End of session KRE
Mait Püümann Start of session End of session ESDTP
Hugo Bernhard Rahamägi Start of session 11 February 1921 (replaced by Johannes Märtson) KRE
Märt Raud 26 September 1922 (replacing Hans Martna) 29 September 1922 (replaced by Robert Astrem) ESDTP
Aleksander Leopold Raudkepp 6 December 1922 (replacing Eduard Kägus) End of session KRE
Johannes Reesen 29 September 1922 (replacing Johannes Vanja) End of session (TAK)KTR
August Rei Start of session End of session ESDTP
Jaan Reinberg Start of session 5 April 1921 (replaced by Jaan Kurgemaa) (TAK)KTR
Villem Aleksander Reinok 28 October 1922 (replacing Anton Uesson) 24 November 1922 (replaced by Rudolf Paab) ETE
Jüri Reinthal 16 July 1921 (replacing Mihkel Haus) 15 November 1921 (resigned; replaced by Alexander Prass) (TAK)KTR
Jüri Rooberg Start of session 7 January 1921 (replaced by Johannes Vanja) (TAK)KTR
Madis Rookman 7 April 1922 (replacing Aksel Kallas) End of session KRE
Ado Rõõmussaar 7 January 1921 (replacing Hans Mitt) 18 January 1921 (replaced by Andres Lilienblatt) PK
Aleksander Saar Start of session End of session PK
Jaan Santa Start of session 19 January 1921 (replaced by Villem Tiideman) (TAK)KTR
Jaan Saul 12 April 1921 (replacing Mart Kiiratsi) End of session PK
Arnold Paul Schulbach Start of session End of session ETE
Julius Friedrich Seljamaa Start of session 18 October 1922 (replaced by Karl Liibak) ETE
Johannes Semm 7 January 1921 (replacing Jaan Kriisa) 4 December 1922 (replaced by Karl Piirsild) ETE
Johannes Soans Start of session 15 March 1922 (replaced by Sergei Andrejev) (TAK)KTR
Arnold Sommerling 15 March 1922 (replacing Jaan Leeto) 28 March 1922 (replaced by Jaak Jakobson) (TAK)KTR
Jaan Soots Start of session End of session PK Minister of War (25 January 1921 to 21 November 1922; and 22 November 1922 to 2 February 1923)
Aleksei Sorokin Start of session End of session VRL
August Sprenk 22 June 1922 (replacing August Putk) End of session EISTP
Georg Rudolf Stackelberg Start of session 10 January 1923 (replaced by Berend Wetter-Rosenthal) SBE
Karl Stallmeister 15 March 1922 (replacing Jaan Kalla) 3 January 1923 (replaced by Aleksander Pärn) EISTP
Eduard Steinmann Start of session End of session PK
Otto August Strandman Start of session End of session ETE
Fritz Suit Start of session End of session ETE
Johannes-Friedrich Zimmermann Start of session End of session ETE
Georg Tamm Start of session 7 October 1921 (replaced by Johannes Koppel) PK
Karl Tammik 25 April 1922 (replacing Paul Järv) 5 May 1922 (replaced by Johan Teng) EISTP
Johan Teng 5 May 1922 (replacing Karl Tammiku) 29 September 1922 (replaced by Aleksander Jaakson) TAK(KTR), EISTP
Alfred Teppan 14 March 1922 (replacing Jaan Järve) End of session ER
Villem Tiideman 19 October 1921 (replacing Jean Santa) 15 November 1921 (replacled by Jaan Leeto) TAK(KTR)
Jaan Tiks 6 December 1921 (replacing Artur Liibergi) End of session EISTP
Jaan Tomp 29 September 1922 (replacing Adolf Leevaldi) End of session TAK(KTR)
Peeter Treiberg 18 October 1921 (replacing Artur Bachi) 17 October 1922 (replaced by Johannes Lehman) ESDTP
Alexander Tulp 15 September 1922 (replaced by August Maramaa) 2 March 1923 (replaced by Johannes Orik) ESDTP
Artur Tupits Start of session End of session PK
Jaan Tõnisson Start of session End of session ER
Anton Uesson Start of session 28 October 1922 (resigned; replaced by Villem Reinok) ETE
Jüri Uluots Start of session 25 September 1922 (replaced by Johannes Vilmann) PK
Jaan Vain Start of session End of session ESDTP
Johannes Vanja 7 January 1921 (replacing Jüri Roober) 29 September 1922 (replaced by Johannes Reesen) (TAK)KTR
Aleksander Veiler Start of session End of session ETE
Jakob Westholm 30 July 1921 (replacing Adam Bachman) End of session ER
Berend Wetter-Rosenthal 10 January 1923 (replacing Georg Rudolf Stackelberg) End of session SBE
Johannes Vilmann (alias Villman, Villmann, Vilman) 25 September 1922 (replacing Jüri Uluots) End of session PK
Karl Johannes Virma Start of session End of session ESDTP
Paul Öpik 29 November 1922 (replacing Rudolf Paab) 25 January 1923 (replaced by Karl Mikita) ETE

References

  1. Nohlen, D. and Stöver, P. Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook (2010), pp. 574–586. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
  2. "I Riigikogu, 20.12.1920–30.05.1923", National Library of Estonia [in Estonian]. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. "I Riigikogu liikmed", Riigikogu (in Estonian). Retrieved 24 January 2018.

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