Aleksander Ferdinand Oinas (28 December 1887 – 3 March 1942) was an Estonian politician; he was a long-serving member of the Estonian Parliament ( Riigikogu) and served three times as a government minister. was an Estonian politician; he was a long-serving member of the Estonian Parliament ( Riigikogu) and served three times as a government minister. Born in

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to Tõnis and Marie Oinas (''née'' Litter), he was the eldest of five siblings. His sister Emma Elisabet (nicknamed "Elo") would marry writer and literary critic Friedebert Tuglas. In 1907, he enrolled at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, studying economics, and graduating in 1915. Oinas was a member of the Estonian Provincial Assembly, serving from 26 November 1918 and replacing Hugo Reiman. He sat on the

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as a member of the Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party (ESDTP), but did not sit in the first session of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) which followed it. He was elected to the second session in 1923, but resigned on 26 March 1926 and was replaced by Voldemar Krabi. Oinas then sat in each of the four sessions of the Riigikogu which followed (in the National Council during the last) before the dissolution of that institution in 1940 following the

Soviet annexation of Estonia The Estonian SSR,, russian: Эстонская ССР officially the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic,, russian: Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика was an ethnically based adminis ...

. Oinas was Minister of the Interior between 9 May 1919 and 18 November 1919, Auditor General in 1919 and again from 1921 until 1926, Minister of Finance and

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from 4 December 1928 to 9 July 1929, and finally Minister of Transport from 12 February 1931 to 19 February 1932.Toomla, p. 338. After the Soviet occupation of Estonia, Oinas, together with many other prominent Estonians, was deported to Siberia. He died on 3 March 1942 in Usollag in Perm Oblast (then called Molotov Oblast) in the Soviet Union. He was sentenced to death, but died before the execution. His wife was the journalist and politician

Alma Ostra-Oinas Alma Rosalie Ostra-Oinas (born Alma Ostra, also known as Alma Anvelt-Ostra; 4 or 16 September 1886 – 2 November 1960) was an Estonian journalist, writer and politician. Early life and education Born in the village of Vastse-Kuuste on 4 or 1 ...

;"Oinas, Aleksander"
''Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK'' (

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). Retrieved 25 October 2019. she survived him and died in 1960.

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