Tõnis Kint
| Tõnis Kint | |
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| Prime Minister in duties of the President | |
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In office 23 December 1970 – 1 March 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Aleksander Warma |
| Succeeded by | Heinrich Mark |
| Acting Prime Minister of Estonian Exile Government | |
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In office 1964–1970 |
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| Preceded by | Aleksander Warma |
| Succeeded by | Heinrich Mark |
| Minister of Agriculture of Estonian Exile Government | |
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In office 1953–1970 |
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| Preceded by | Kaarel Liidak |
| Succeeded by | Elmar Järvesoo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 August 1896 Taevere, Estonia |
| Died | 5 January 1991 (aged 94) Örnsköldsvik, Sweden |
| Spouse(s) | Salme Redlich, since 1953 Magda Marianne Rassmann |
| Children | Oole Kint |
Tõnis Kint (17 August [O.S. 5 August] 1896 in Taevere, Suure-Jaani Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia – 5 January 1991 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) was an Estonian politician. He served as "Prime Minister in duties of the President" (in other words, Estonian head of state in exile) from 23 December 1970 to 1 March 1990.
From 7 April 1938 member of the Chamber of Deputies. 1953-1963 Estonian Minister of Agriculture, 1963-1970 Acting Prime Minister of the Estonian Government in Exile.
Kint graduated from the High School of Sciences in Tartu. In 1916, he studied in the building department of the Riga Polytechnical School, which was later evacuated to Moscow. In 1918, he studied in the agricultural department of the Baltic Technical University, opened in Riga by the German occupation administration. In 1920-1928, he studied intermittently at the agricultural department of Tartu University. In 1924, he received additional education in the agricultural and veterinary department in Copenhagen Agricultural and Veterinary University.
In 1916, Kint was mobilised to the Russian Army, finished military school at Tsaritsyn (known today as Volgograd in Russia) in 1917. During the First World War, he served in an infantry regiment of the Russian Army. In the beginning of 1918, Kint joined a newly formed Estonian regiment at Viljandi. From 1918 to 1920 he fought in the Estonian War of Independence on the broad-tracked armour train No. 2, as Commander of its machine-gun commandos. At the end of the war he was promoted to Lieutenant and acting commander of the train.
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