- Mihkel Pung
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Mihkel Pung (19 October 1876 - 11 October 1941) was an Estonian politician and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia and Speaker of the National Council (upper chamber) from April 21, 1938 to July 5, 1940. Pung was arrested by during the Soviet invasion of Estonia and sent to a Sosva, a Soviet gulag in Sverdlovsk oblast (present day Ekaterinburg). He died in imprisonment in 1941.
Political offices Preceded by
Office createdChairman of the Bank of Estonia
1919Succeeded by
Eduard AulePreceded by
Jaan TõnissonEstonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1932Succeeded by
August ReiPreceded by
Office createdSpeaker of the National Council
1938–1940Succeeded by
noneCategories:- 1876 births
- 1941 deaths
- Estonian politicians
- Government ministers of Estonia
- Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 1st Class
- Estonian politician stubs
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