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Heinrich Mark (1 October 1911 in Krootuse, Estonia – 2 August 2004 in Stockholm, Sweden) was an Estonian politician and Prime Minister of the Estonian Government in Exile. He was Prime Minister in duties of the President of the Republic of Estonia from 1 March 1990, to 6 October 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 1973–1990 minister of the Estonian Exile Government. == Life == Mark studied in Võru, graduated from the Teachers' Seminar of Tartu. In 1933–1938 he studied at the legal department of Tartu University. From 1938–1940, Mark was an elementary school teacher. In 1940 he served as solicitor to the barrister P. Sepp in Tartu. In 1941–1943 he practiced as a solicitor in Tallinn. In 1940, after the occupation of Estonia, he was a secretary of Tartu University for a short period, but left on the recommendation of the rector Hans Kruus. In 1940, he was put up as a candidate for the ''Riigivolikogu'' elections as an alternative candidate to the Estonian Working People's Union, but was deleted from the list of candidates. He later hid in Estonia, escaped to Finland in 1943, and 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 Mark moved to Sweden, where he was an assistant at the National Committee of Foreigners. From 1945–1956, he 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, and from 1982 onward served as Honorary Chairman of the Estonian Committee. From 1951–1979 he was also Secretary-General of the Estonian National Council. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heinrich Mark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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