Jaan Kriisa (31 December 1882 Ulila Parish,

Tartu County Tartu County ( et, Tartu maakond or ''Tartumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in eastern Estonia bordering Põlva County, Valga County, Viljandi County and Jõgeva County. The area of Tartu County is , which covers 6.9% of t ...

– 8 August 1942 Sosva,

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, Russia) was an

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n lawyer and politician. He was a member of

I Riigikogu I Riigikogu was the first legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). 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 w ...

. Kriisa was the Mayor of Tartu from 1917 until 1918 and again in 1919. From 1919 until 1920, he was Minister of Nutrition. Kriisa was arrested by the

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on 14 June 1941 and died in a prison camp.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kriisa, Jaan 1882 births 1942 deaths 20th-century Estonian lawyers Members of the Riigikogu, 1920–1923 Mayors of Tartu University of Tartu alumni Estonian people who died in Soviet detention People who died in the Gulag People from Elva Parish