Eduard Georg Aule (28 December 1878 – 7 March 1947) was an Estonian banker and politician. Born in the Kabala manor (now part

Türi Parish Türi Parish ( et, Türi Vald) is a rural municipality in Järva County, Estonia. On 16 October 2005 Kabala Parish, Oisu Parish, Town of Türi and the former Türi Parish were united to form a new Türi Parish. On 2017 the parishes of Türi, K� ...

) in

Kreis Fellin Kreis Fellin (''Viljandi kreis'', ''Феллинский уезд'') was one of the nine subdivisions of the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate (in present-day southern Estonia). I ...

of the Governorate of Livonia on 28 December 1878 (16 December OS), Aule attended Tartu Reaalkool and studied commerce at Riga Polytechnical Institute."Aule, Eduard Georg"
''Eesti Spordi Biograafiline Leksikon''. Retrieved 25 February 2019. He later worked as a banker. He was elected to the

Estonian Provincial Assembly The Estonian Provincial Assembly ( et, Eestimaa Kubermangu Ajutine Maanõukogu, (Ajutine) Maanõukogu, Eesti Maanõukogu, (Eesti) Maapäev) was elected after the February Revolution in 1917 as the national diet of the Autonomous Governorate of E ...

, which governed the

Autonomous Governorate of Estonia In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy, from , ''autonomos'', from αὐτο- ''auto-'' "self" and νόμος ''nomos'', "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself one's ow ...

between 1917 and 1919; he served until 20 November 1918, when he stepped down and was replaced by

Jüri Parik Jüri Parik (1889–1929) was an Estonian lawyer and politician. Born on 16 April 1889 in Uue-Võidu Parish (now Viljandi Parish) in Kreis Fellin of the Governorate of Livonia, Parik was a member of the Estonian Provincial Assembly which governed ...

. He was also elected to the Asutav Kogu (Constituent Assembly) as a member for the

Estonian Rural People's Union Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also

...

( et, Eesti Maarahva Liit; EMRL) party (later renamed

Farmers' Assemblies The Farmers' Assemblies ( et, Põllumeeste Kogud) was a conservative political party in Estonia. Led by Konstantin Päts, it was one of the ruling parties during most of the interwar period. History The Rural League (''Maarahva Liit'') was forme ...

), but stepped down on 23 April 1919, and was replaced by Jaan Raamot. In the meantime, Aule briefly served as Minister of Food, between 6 February 1919 and 9 May 1919.Jaan Toomla,
Valitud ja Valitsenud: Eesti parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ning valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999
' ( National Library of Estonia, 1999), pp. 22, 26, 211. Aule was President of the

Bank of Estonia Bank of Estonia ( et, Eesti Pank) is the central bank of Estonia as well as a member of the Eurosystem organisation of euro area central banks. The Bank of Estonia also belongs to the European System of Central Banks. Until 2010, the bank is ...

between 1921 and 1925 and sat on the board of other banks. Between 1923 and 1940, he was treasurer of the Estonian Olympic Committee, and in 1941 moved to Germany before returning to Tallinn to serve in the municipality's Economic and Finance Directorate between 1942 and 1944. He left Estonia that year, and died on 7 March 1947 in Goslar in the

British Zone Germany was already de facto military occupation, occupied by the Allies of World War II, Allies from the real German Instrument of Surrender, fall of Nazi Germany in World War II on 8 May 1945 to the establishment of the East Germany on 7 Octo ...

of Allied-occupied Germany.

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