The Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic was the highest official in the

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

, which was in turn a part of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. Below is a list of office-holders: {, class="wikitable" ! Image ! Name ! Entered office ! Left office , - ,

Johannes Vares Johannes Vares (pen name Barbarus or Vares-Barbarus – 29 November 1946) was an Estonian and Soviet poet, medical doctor, and politician. Vares was born in a farmer family in the village of Kiisa, near Viljandi, Estonia. He received secondary ...

In RSFSR exile 1941-1944 , August 25, 1940 , November 29, 1946 , - ,

Nigol Andresen Nigol Andresen (pen name, Ormi Arp; 2 October 1899 Haljala Parish, Wierland County – 24 February 1985 Tartu) was an Estonian and Soviet Union, Soviet politician, writer, literary critic, and translator. He was a member of V Riigikogu. In 1940 ...

(acting) , November 29, 1946 , March 5, 1947 , - ,

, Eduard Päll , March 5, 1947 , July 4, 1950 , - ,

August Jakobson August Jakobson (2 September 1904 – 23 May 1963) was an Estonian writer and politician. He was one of the few Estonian playwright among his contemporaries whose plays were untouched by Soviet censorship and reached other Soviet states. He h ...

, July 4, 1950 , February 4, 1958 , - ,

, Johan Eichfeld , February 4, 1958 , October 12, 1961 , - ,

Aleksei Müürisepp Aleksei Müürisepp (17 July 1902, Välta, Kreis Ösel, Governorate of Livonia – 7 October 1970, Tartu) was a Soviet Estonia The Estonian SSR,, russian: Эстонская ССР officially the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic,, rus ...

, October 12, 1961 , October 7, 1970 , - ,

Aleksander Ansberg Aleksander Ansberg (27 February 1909 – 20 February 1975) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of Estonia. Ansberg was born in Gatchina, in the Tsarskoselsky Uyezd of the Saint Petersburg Governorate of the Russian ...

(acting) , October 7, 1970 , December 22, 1970 , - ,

Artur Vader Artur Vader (16 February 1920 – 25 May 1978) was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1970 – 1978. He was born in Gorbovo, Liozna District, Vitebsk Region, Byelorussian SSR. He w ...

, December 22, 1970 , May 25, 1978 , - ,

Meta Vannas Meta Vannas (born Meta Jürgenson, 1949–1975 Meta Jangolenko; 9 January 1924 – 25 November 2002

(acting) , May 25, 1978 , July 26, 1978 , - , Johannes Käbin 1978

Johannes Käbin Johannes Käbin (), also known by his Russified name Ivan Gustavovich Kebin (; 24 September 1905, Kalvi, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire – 26 October 1999, Tallinn, Estonia) was an Estonian Soviet politician who led t ...

, July 26, 1978 , April 8, 1983 , - , Arnold Rüütel 2005-04-28

Arnold Rüütel Arnold Rüütel OIH () (born 10 May 1928) is an Estonian politician and agricultural scientist. He has served as the last chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR from 8 April 1983 to 29 March 1990, Chairman of the Su ...

, April 8, 1983 , March 29, 1990

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World Statesmen – Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
Political history of Estonia

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

Lists of political office-holders in Estonia *List *

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