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Home > Republic of Estonia > Heads of State

Heads of State

List of Estonian heads of state since 1918 and legal bases for their activities
Alar Karis

Alar Karis

2021-

Kersti Kaljulaid

Kersti Kaljulaid

2016-2021

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

2006-2016

Arnold Rüütel

Arnold Rüütel

2001-2006

Lennart Meri

Lennart Meri

1992-2001

Heinrich Mark

Heinrich Mark

1990-1992

Tõnis Kint

Tõnis Kint

1970-1990

Aleksander Warma (Varma)

Aleksander Warma (Varma)

1963-1970

Jüri Uluots

Jüri Uluots

1940-1945

Kaarel Eenpalu (a-ni 1935 Karl August Einbund)

Kaarel Eenpalu (until 1935 Karl August Einbund)

1932

August Rei

August Rei

1928-1929, 1945-1963

Jaan Teemant

Jaan Teemant

1925-1927, 1932

Jüri Jaakson

Jüri Jaakson

1924-1925

Friedrich Karl Akel

Friedrich Karl Akel

1924

Juhan (Johann) Kukk

Juhan (Johann) Kukk

1922-1923

Ants Piip

Ants Piip

1920-1921

Aadu (Ado) Birk

Aadu (Ado) Birk

1920

Jaan Tõnisson

Jaan Tõnisson

1919-1920, 1927-1928, 1933

Otto (August) Strandman

Otto (August) Strandman

1919, 1929-1931

Konstantin Päts

Konstantin Päts

1918-1919, 1921-1922, 1923-1924, 1931-1932, 1932-1933, 1933-1940

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