Verner Hans Puurand (until 1938 Puurmann; 14 September 1904 – 12 June 1983) 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 of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n Naval officer and politician. From 1973 to 1977 he was a minister of

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. He was born in

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. In 1928 he graduated from

Tondi military school The Estonian Military Academy ( et, Kaitseväe Akadeemia) is an institution of applied higher education for national defence in Tartu, Estonia. The institutions mission is to train and educate regular officers for the Estonian Defence Forces ...

. In 1939 he was temporary commander of the submarine Kalev. In 1944 he fled to Germany, then later to Australia. He died in

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in 1983.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Puurand, Verner Hans 1904 births 1983 deaths Estonian military personnel Estonian politicians Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Australia People from Narva