Tõnis Kalbus (also Tõnu Kalbus; 5 December 1880,

Tori Parish Tori is a Municipalities of Estonia, municipality located in Pärnu County. Settlements ;Towns Sindi, Estonia, Sindi ;Small boroughs Are, Estonia, Are, Tori, Estonia, Tori, Sauga ;Villages Aesoo - Eametsa, Tori Parish, Eametsa - Eavere - Elb ...

– 20 March 1942 Sosva,

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) was an

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n lawyer and politician. From 1925 to 1926 he was

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. From 1928 to 1930 he was Minister of Justice and

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. Following the

Soviet occupation of Estonia The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, (abbreviated Estonian SSR, Soviet Estonia, or simply Estonia ) was an administrative subunit ( union republic) of the former Soviet Union (USSR), covering the occupied and annexed territory of Estonia ...

in 1940, Kalbus was arrested by the

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and deported to

and died Sosva

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camp.

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1880 births 1942 deaths People from Tori Parish Politicians from Pärnu County People from Kreis Pernau Estonian Labour Party politicians National Centre Party (Estonia) politicians Government ministers of Estonia Justice ministers of Estonia Members of the Estonian Constituent Assembly Members of the Riigikogu, 1920–1923 Members of the Riigikogu, 1923–1926 Members of the Riigikogu, 1926–1929 Members of the Riigikogu, 1929–1932 Members of the Riigikogu, 1932–1934 20th-century Estonian lawyers People who died in the Gulag Estonian Gulag detainees Estonian people who died in Soviet detention {{Estonia-1923-Riigikogu-politician-stub