Erna Visk (4 May 1910 – 20 April 1983) was an Estonian and Soviet politician. Erna Visk was born in

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet o ...

. Her father was Workers' United Front politician Jüri Visk, who served in the

II Riigikogu II Riigikogu was the second legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1923 elections (held on 5–7 May 1923). It sat between 31 May 1923 and 14 June 1926, before the next round of elections were held. ...

. She was appointed Minister of Social Security of the

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

in 1958. Visk also served in the III Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic and the IV Supreme Council of the Estonian SSR. She was buried in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

's Forest Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Visk, Erna 1910 births 1983 deaths Politicians from Pärnu 20th-century Estonian women politicians 20th-century Estonian politicians Government ministers of Estonia Soviet women in politics Estonian communists Women government ministers of Estonia Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1951–1955 Burials at Metsakalmistu