Vares Government of Estonia

The Vares Government of Estonia (Estonian: Varese valitsus) was a puppet government installed by the Soviet Union in Estonia immediately after Estonia's acceptance of the . The formation of the cabinet was supervised by Andrei Zhdanov, deputy of Vyacheslav Molotov and a close associate of Lavrentiy Beria, who selected Johannes Vares as the prime minister. The government was formed on June 21 and, together with the (parliament), transitioned independent Estonia to a socialist republic and the 15th republic of the Soviet Union thus legitimizing the Soviet occupation of Estonia. The People's Government was replaced by the Council of People's Commissars of the Estonian SSR on August 25. Similar transitional puppet governments were formed in Latvia (Prime Minister Augusts Kirhenšteins supervised by Andrey Vyshinsky) and Lithuania (Prime Minister Justas Paleckis supervised by Vladimir Dekanozov).

Johannes Vares' cabinet was in office in Estonia from 21 June 1940^[1] to 25 August 1940, when it was succeeded by the Council of People's Commissars headed by Johannes Lauristin.

Members[]

Name	Position
Johannes Vares	Prime Minister	^[2]
Hans Kruus	Deputy Prime Minister	^[2]
Nigol Andresen	Minister of Foreign Affairs	^[2]
Aleksander Jõeäär	Minister of Agricultural Affairs	^[2]
Neeme Ruus	Minister of Social Affairs	^[2]
Orest Kärm	Minister of Transport	^[2]
Boris Sepp	Minister of Justice	^[2]
Friedrich Niggol	Minister of Justice (from July 5, 1940)	^[3]
Juhan Nihtig (Narma)	Minister of Economic Affairs	^[2]
Tõnis Rotberg	Minister of War	^[2]
Johannes Semper	Minister of Education	^[2]
Maksim Unt	Minister of the Interior	^[2]

Sources[]

^ "J. Varese nukuvalitsus". Estonica.org (in Estonian). Retrieved May 7, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Johannes Vares' puppet government". Estonica.org. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
^ Toomla, Jaan (1999). Valitud ja valitsenud: Eesti Parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ja valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999 (in Estonian). Tallinn: Estonian National Library. p. 333. ISBN 9985921720. Retrieved May 7, 2021.

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[1] "J. Varese nukuvalitsus". Estonica.org (in Estonian). Retrieved May 7, 2021.

[puppet-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Johannes Vares' puppet government". Estonica.org. Retrieved May 7, 2021.

[Toomla,_1999-3] Toomla, Jaan (1999). Valitud ja valitsenud: Eesti Parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ja valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999 (in Estonian). Tallinn: Estonian National Library. p. 333. ISBN 9985921720. Retrieved May 7, 2021.

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