Timotheus Grünthal (or Timoteus Grünthal; 29 June 1893 Hellamaa Parish,

Muhumaa Muhu (also called Muhumaa in Estonian) is an island in the West Estonian archipelago of the Baltic Sea. With an area of , it is the third largest island belonging to Estonia, after Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. Together with neighbouring smaller islan ...

– 29 May 1955

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, Sweden) was an

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n politician. He was a member of

Estonian Constituent Assembly The Estonian Constituent Assembly () was elected on 5–7 April 1919, called by the Estonian Provisional Government during the Estonian War of Independence. Estonian Constituent Assembly elections Activity The 120 members of the Constituent ...

and of the

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 ...

, representing the

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Personal life

Timotheus Grünthal was married to feminist and lawyer

Vera Poska-Grünthal Vera Poska-Grünthal (1898–1986) was a leading Estonian feminist. She was one of the founders of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (IFWL), an International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that enhances the status of women and ...

, daughter of politician and lawyer

Jaan Poska Jaan Poska VR III/1 (; , Laiusevälja, near Jõgeva, Estonia – 7 March 1920, Tallinn, Estonia) was a lawyer, politician and the foreign minister of Estonia in 1918–1919. Early life Poska was born the fifth of 12 children of an Eastern O ...

. American lawyer

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is his granddaughter.

References

1893 births 1955 deaths Politicians from Muhu Parish People from Kreis Ösel Estonian Labour Party politicians Members of the Estonian Constituent Assembly Members of the Riigikogu, 1920–1923 University of Tartu alumni Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 2nd Class Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Sweden {{Estonia-1920-Riigikogu-politician-stub