- Juhan Kukk
Juhan (Johann) Kukk (
April 13 ,1885 ,Salla ,Estonia -December 4 ,1942 ,Arkhangelsk ,Soviet Union ) was anEstonia n politician.Kukk finished the
Tartu High School of Sciences, studied in the Commerce Department of the Riga Polytechnical School in 1904-1910 and got additional education inGermany , graduated with the diploma of first degree.In 1917-1918 Kukk was Head of the Financial Dept. of the Estonian Province Government (
Maapäev ), 1918-1919 Financial and State Property Minister of the Provisional Government, 1919-1920 Minister of Finance of theRepublic of Estonia , 1920-21 Minister of Commerce and Industry, 1921-1922 Chairman of the IRiigikogu , 1922-1924 Director of the Bank of Estonia. He was member of the I and II Riigikogu, in 1920-1926. From November 1922 to August 1923 Kukk was Elder of State.Kukk was active promoter of the
cooperative movement and also worked as Chairman of the Council of the Estonian Cooperation Union, Director of the Central Union of the Estonian Consumers Union, for some time also the Chairman of the Board of this Union. From 1920 he was also Chairman of the Board of Rahvapank (People's Bank) and 1924-1926 director ofBank of Estonia .Kukk was arrested by the
NKVD in 1940, he died in imprisonment in 1942.References
[http://www.president.ee/en/estonia/heads.php?gid=81963 Juhan (Johann) Kukk]
*Ülo Kaevats et al. 2000. "Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14". Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus, ISBN 9985-70-064-3
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