Neeme Ruus (11 December 1911, in Vologda Governorate – 2 June 1942, in Tallinn) was an Estonian politician, communist activist and Esperantist. He was a member of

VI Riigikogu VI Riigikogu was the sixth legislature of Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1938 elections (held on 24–25 February 1938). It sat between 7 April 1938 and 5 July 1940, after which Estonia was occupied by the Sovie ...

(its Chamber of Deputies). On 21 June 1940, Ruus was appointed

Minister of Social Affairs A Ministry of Social Affairs or Department of Social Affairs is the common name for a government department found in states where the government is divided into ministries or departments. While there is some variation in the responsibilities of s ...

of the cabinet of Johannes Vares. Ruus was arrested by German authorities in the village

Hirvli Hirvli is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County in northern 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 of Finland across from Finla ...

and executed following the German occupation of Estonia during World War II. His daughter is Ingrid Rüütel.

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1911 births 1942 deaths Estonian Esperantists Communist Party of Estonia politicians Members of the Riigivolikogu Government ministers of Estonia Estonian people executed by Nazi Germany Communists executed by Nazi Germany {{Estonia-politician-stub