I Riigikogu was the first legislature of the Estonian Parliament (

Riigikogu The Riigikogu (; from Estonian ''riigi-'', of the state, and ''kogu'', assembly) is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation, the Parliament appoints high officials, including the Prime Minister and Chief Just ...

). The legislature was elected after 1920 elections (held on 27–29 November 1920). It sat between 20 December 1920 and 30 May 1923, before the next round of elections were held.

Parties and seats

The 1920 general election distributed the 100 seats as follows:

Officials

Chairmen: *

Otto Strandman Otto August Strandman ( – 5 February 1941) was an Estonian politician, who served as prime minister (1919) and State Elder of Estonia (1929–1931). He was one of the leaders of the centre-left Estonian Labour Party, that saw its biggest supp ...

(4 January 1921 to 18 November 1921)"I Riigikogu, 20.12.1920–30.05.1923"
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Johann Kukk Juhan (Johann) Kukk VR III/1 ( in Käru, Salla Parish (now in Väike-Maarja Parish), Wierland County, Governorate of Estonia – 4 December 1942 in Kargopol, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Soviet Union) was an Estonian politician. Kukk finished the Tartu ...

(18 November 1921 to 20 November 1922) *

Konstantin Päts Konstantin Päts (; – 18 January 1956) was an Estonian statesman and the country's president in 1938–1940. Päts was one of the most influential politicians of the independent democratic Republic of Estonia, and during the two decades prior ...

(from 20 November 1922) First Assistant Chairman: *

Karl Virma Karl Johannes Virma (17 March 1879 Tallinn – 19 November 1942 Kirov Oblast) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of the I, II and III Riigikogu. 1924-1925 he was Road Minister. On 14 June 1941, Virma was arrested in Tallinn by the NKVD ...

(from 4 January 1921) Second Assistant Chairmen: *

Jaan Järve Jaan Järve (7 October 1894 Puhja, Kreis Dorpat – 13 February 1945 Freudenstadt, Germany) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu. In 1921, Järve was the Second Assistant Chairmen of I Riigikogu. In 1944, he fled to Germany d ...

(4 January 1921 to 4 March 1921) *

August Kerem August Kerem (11 October 1889 – 28 May 1942 Sosva, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) was an Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf o ...

(from 4 March 1921) Secretaries: *

Artur Tupits Artur Tupits (8 October 1892 Puurmani Parish (now Põltsamaa Parish), Kreis Dorpat – 28 October 1941 Ussolye prison camp, Perm Oblast, Russian SFSR) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu. 1932–1933, 1938–1939 and 1939� ...

(4 January 1921 to 20 November 1922) *

Tõnis Kalbus Tõnis Kalbus (also Tõnu Kalbus; 5 December 1880, Tori Parish – 20 March 1942 Sosva, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) was an Estonian lawyer and politician. From 1925 to 1926 he was Minister of Justice. From 1928 to 1930 he was Minister of Jus ...

(from 20 November 1922) First Assistant Secretary *

Jaan-Johann Bergmann Jaan-Johann Bergmann (31 January 1867 Elistvere Parish (now Tartu Parish), Kreis Dorpat – 30 September 1938 Tallinn) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu I Riigikogu was the first legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Ri ...

(from 4 January 1921) Second Assistant Secretary * Walter von Pezold (from 4 January 1921)

Members of the Riigikogu

References

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