Hugo Villi Kukke
Hugo Villi Kukke (1 March 1898, in Pala Parish, Tartu County – 3 August 1942, Sverdlovsk, Russia) was an Estonian politician and newspaper editor. He was a member of the IV Riigikogu and V Riigikogu.[1]
From 1932 until 1933, he was Minister of Education and Social Affairs. Following the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940, Kukke was arrested in Tallinn in 1941 and sentenced to death by a military tribunal of the USSR. He was executed in Sverdlovsk in 1942.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Juhatus ja liikmed". Riigikogu (in Estonian). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "1932 | Meie parlament ja aeg". meieparlamentjaaeg.nlib.ee. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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- 1898 births
- 1942 deaths
- National Centre Party (Estonia) politicians
- Government ministers of Estonia
- Members of the Riigikogu, 1929–1932
- Members of the Riigikogu, 1932–1934
- Members of the Estonian National Assembly
- Estonian military personnel of the Estonian War of Independence
- Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 2nd Class
- Estonian people executed by the Soviet Union
- Gulag detainees
- University of Tartu alumni
- People from Peipsiääre Parish
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