First Day Cover
首日封
Sobrescrito de 1.º Dia
EstoniaHeads 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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