Heinrich Mark

Infobox_President | name=Heinrich Mark
order=5^th Prime Minister in duties of the President
nationality=Estonian


term_start=March 1, 1990
term_end=October 8, 1992
predecessor=Tõnis Kint
successor=President Lennart Meri (in country)
birth_date=October 1, 1911
birth_place=Kõlleste, then Russian Empire, now Estonia
death_date=August 2, 2004
death_place=Stockholm, Sweden
spouse=Alice Vreeman
alma_mater = University of Tartu
party=

Heinrich Mark was born on October 1, 1911 in the Krootuse (Kõlleste) rural municipality in the Võru County of Estonia. He died on August 2, 2004 in Stockholm, Sweden.

He was Prime Minister in duties of the President of the Republic of Estonia from March 1, 1990 to October 6, 1992, being the last Estonian head of state in exile, as Estonian independence was restored in 1991.

1953-1971 Secretary of State, 1971-1990 Acting Prime Minister, 1971–1973 Minister of War and 1971–1990 minister of the Estonian Exile Government.

Studied in Võru, graduated from the Teachers' Seminar of Tartu. In 1933-1938 studied at the legal department of Tartu University.

In 1938-1940 elementary school teacher. In 1940 solicitor to the barrister P. Sepp in Tartu, in 1941-1943 a solicitor in Tallinn. In 1940, after the occupation of Estonia was a secretary of Tartu University for a short period, left on the recommendation of the rector Hans Kruus. In 1940, put up a candidacy for the Riigivolikogu elections as an alternative candidate to the Estonian Working People's Union, was deleted from the list of candidates. Later hid in Estonia, escaped to Finland in 1943, was one of the organisers of the Estonian Bureau (an Estonian exile organisation) and assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of the "Malevlane" (a newspaper of the Estonians in the Finnish Army).

In 1944 moved to Sweden, was an assistant at the National Committee of Foreigners. In 1945- 1956, was Chairman of the education working group of the Estonian Committee, 1954-1975 Director of the Bureau and assistant Chairman of the Estonian Committee, 1975-1982 Chairman of the Estonian Committee, from 1982 Honorary Chairman of the Estonian Committee. In 1951-1979 Secretary-General of the Estonian National Council.

Honours and decorations

In 1998 Honorary Doctor of Law of Tartu University. Honorary Member of the Estonian Literature Society, Golden Badge of the Estonian National Foundation, the I Class Gold Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, the II Class Order of the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Estonia.