Estonia: Chairmen of the Provisional Diet: 1917-1919 Ajutise Maanõukogu esimees | Chairman of the Provisional Diet [1] 1/14 Jul 1917 - 12/25 Oct 1917 Artur Vallner 12/25 Oct 1917 - 15/28 Nov 1917 Otto August Strandman 15/28 Nov 1917 - 20 Nov 1918 dissolution period [2] Ajutise Maanõukogu abiesimees | Vice-Chairman of the Provisional Diet (ex officio) [3] 20 Nov 1918 - 27 Nov 1918 Jüri Jaakson [4] Ajutise Maanõukogu esimees | Chairman of the Provisional Diet 27 Nov 1918 - 3 Feb 1919 Aadu (Ado) Birk 3 Feb 1919 - 23 Apr 1919 Kaarel Parts [5] [1] The name of the Diet was formally approved by its resolution of 5/18 Jul 1917: Eesti Ajutine Maanõukogu (in Russian: Vremennyj Èstljandskij Gubernskij zemskij sovet, Временный Эстляндский губернский земский совет). Also in official use (in Estonian): Maapäev. [2] The Diet held its last meeting 15/28 Nov 1917 before it was prevented from holding sessions by a military revolutionary committee in Tallinn, representing the Soviet Russian government. [3] When the Diet reconvened in Tallinn 20 Nov 1918, Strandman who had been appointed a minister of the Provisional Government did not resume his office as chairman of the Diet. [4] In office as Vice-Chairman of the Provisional Diet: 12/25 Oct 1917 - 27 Nov 1918. [5] The Diet held its last meeting 6 Feb 1919 when it passed a resolution to delegate its authority to the Council of Elders (Vanematekogu) which continued to hold meetings to 13 Apr 1919. Last updated on: 12 May 2023 09:15:08
