August Rei
| August Rei | |
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| Prime Minister in duties of the President | |
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In office 9 January 1945 – 29 March 1963 |
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| Preceded by | Jüri Uluots |
| Succeeded by | Aleksander Warma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 March 1886 Kurla, Pilistvere Parish, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia (now in Järva County, Estonia) |
| Died | 29 March 1963 (aged 77) , Sweden |
| Political party |
Social Democratic Workers' Party Socialist Workers' Party |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
August Rei VR III/1 (22 March [O.S. 10 March] 1886 in Kurla – 29 March 1963 in ) was an Estonian Social Democratic politician. He was born in Kurla Pilistvere Parish, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia (now Türi Parish, Järva County).
Rei studied in the Tartu Emperor Alexander High School (the former State High School of the Livonian Governorate), but graduated from the Novgorod State High School. In 1904–1905 and 1907–1911, studied law in the St. Petersburg University.
In 1905–1907, Rei participated in the Russian revolution of 1905. In 1906, he edited the underground paper Sotsiaaldemokraat (Social Democrat) in Tallinn. Between 1912 and 1913, he was in compulsory army service. In 1913–1914 he worked as a lawyer in Viljandi. In 1914 – 1917 Rei was an artillery officer in World War I at the Fort of St. Petersburg. In 1917 and 1918 he was in the Estonian army units (formed after the Second Russian Revolution in March 1917 by the initiative of Estonian politicians, who achieved the permission to concentrate the Estonian soldiers). He was the Assistant Chairman of the Supreme Committee of the Estonian military. In 1917 and 1919, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the paper Sotsiaaldemokraat. Between 1927 and 1928 he was the editor of Rahva Sõna (Word of the People). Rei was one of the leaders of the moderate faction of Estonia's social democratic movement. Up to 1936 he also worked as a lawyer and defended Ado Birk in 1927. He received an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Tartu University.
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