List of First Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia
The First Secretary[1] of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia was the leader of the Communist Party of Estonia, which was in turn a branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Below is a list of office-holders:
Name | Entered office | Left office |
---|---|---|
Karl Säre[2] | August 28, 1940 | 1943? |
Nikolai Karotamm[3][4] | September 3, 1941 | March 26, 1950 |
Johannes Käbin | March 26, 1950 | July 26, 1978 |
Karl Vaino | July 26, 1978 | June 16, 1988 |
Vaino Väljas | June 16, 1988 | August 22, 1991 |
Footnotes
- Chairman from March 25, 1990
- German prisoner from 3 September 1941
- Acting (for Säre to 1943?) to 28 September 1944
- In RSFSR exile 1941-1944
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