Johannes Kaiv

Who was Johannes Kaiv?

Johannes Kaiv was an Estonian diplomat. A graduate in law from the University of Tartu, Kaiv studied at the Hague Academy of International Law. Between 1935 to 1939 he was the Honorary Consul in Sydney, Australia and in the years 1939 to 1965 the acting Consul General of Estonia in New York, since 1940 in charge of Legation. In 1965 Ernst Jaakson succeeded him.

A veteran of the Estonian War of Independence, Kaiv was awarded the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, 3rd Class, in 1935.