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Konstantin Päts

1874 - 1956

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Konstantin Päts (23 February [O.S. 11 February] 1874 – 18 January 1956) was an Estonian statesman and the country's president from 1938 to 1940. Päts was one of the most influential politicians of the independent democratic Republic of Estonia, and during the two decades prior to World War II he also served five times as the country's prime minister. After the 16–17 June 1940 Soviet invasion and occupation of Estonia, Päts remained formally in office for over a month, until he was forced to resign, imprisoned by the new Stalinist regime, and deported to the USSR, where he died in 1956. Päts was one of the first Estonians to become active in politics, and he then started a famous, nearly four-decade long, political rivalry with Jaan Tõnisson — first through journalism with his newspaper Teataja, later through politics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Konstantin Päts is the 2,208th most popular politician (down from 2,121st in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Estonia and the 4th most popular Estonian Politician.

Konstantin Päts was the president of Estonia from 1938 to 1940. He is most famous for his authoritarian rule and for being a leader of the Estonian independence movement.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Konstantin Päts ranks 2,208 out of 19,576. Before him are Öz Beg Khan, Jean Parisot de Valette, Alfonso XI of Castile, Hipparchus, Gianni Agnelli, and John II of Aragon. After him are Georgios Papadopoulos, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, Sigurd II of Norway, Eugène Edine Pottier, Lin Biao, and Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Konstantin Päts ranks 29. Before him are Nikolai Berdyaev, Alexander Kolchak, Talaat Pasha, G. K. Chesterton, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and D. F. Malan. After him are Antanas Smetona, Nicholas Roerich, Abbas II of Egypt, Karl Kraus, Gustav Holst, and Reinhold Glière. Among people deceased in 1956, Konstantin Päts ranks 18. Before him are Emil Nolde, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Robert Walser, Bela Lugosi, Lucien Febvre, and Risto Ryti. After him are A. A. Milne, Alfred Kinsey, Bolesław Bierut, Reinhold Glière, Alexander Rodchenko, and Émile Borel.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Konstantin Päts ranks 8 out of 351. Before him are Alfred Rosenberg (1893), Arvo Pärt (1935), Emil Lenz (1804), Arnold Rüütel (1928), Karl Ernst von Baer (1792), and Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778). After him are Lennart Meri (1929), Wolfgang Köhler (1887), Paul Keres (1916), Kaja Kallas (1977), Louis Kahn (1901), and Alar Karis (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In Estonia

Among politicians born in Estonia, Konstantin Päts ranks 4. Before him are Catherine I of Russia (1684), Alfred Rosenberg (1893), and Arnold Rüütel (1928). After him are Lennart Meri (1929), Kaja Kallas (1977), Alar Karis (1958), Siim Kallas (1948), Felix Kersten (1898), Jacob De la Gardie (1583), Andrus Ansip (1956), and Kersti Kaljulaid (1969).

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