Sep 24, 2011

Estonia FDC on "Heads of State of the Republic of Estonia - Friedrich Karl Akel"


First Day Cover
首日封
Sobrescrito de 1.º Dia

Estonia

Heads of State of the Republic of Estonia - Friedrich Karl Akel

Date of Issue : 5 September 2011

Friedrich Karl Akel (5 September 1871 in Halliste, Estonia – 3 July 1941 in Tallinn) was an Estonian diplomat and politician, a member of the International Olympic Committee., and Head of State of Estonia in 1924.

In October 1940, Akel was imprisoned by the NKVD (People's Ministry of Internal Affairs, the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union). He was shot to death in Tallinn on 3 July 1941. His wife, Adele Karoline Tenz, was deported in June 1941 and died in 1944.

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