Heinrich Mark

Who was Heinrich Mark?

Heinrich Mark was an Estonian politician and Prime Minister of the Estonian Government in Exile.

He was Prime Minister in duties of the President of the Republic of Estonia from 1 March 1990, to 6 October 1992, being the last Estonian head of state in exile, as Estonian independence was restored in 1991.

1953–1971 Secretary of State, 1971–1990 Acting Prime Minister, 1971–1973 Minister of War and 1973–1990 minister of the Estonian Exile Government.

Studied in Võru, graduated from the Teachers' Seminar of Tartu. In 1933–1938 studied at the legal department of Tartu University.

In 1938–1940 elementary school teacher. In 1940 solicitor to the barrister P. Sepp in Tartu, in 1941–1943 a solicitor in Tallinn. In 1940, after the occupation of Estonia was a secretary of Tartu University for a short period, left on the recommendation of the rector Hans Kruus. In 1940, put up a candidacy for the Riigivolikogu elections as an alternative candidate to the Estonian Working People's Union, was deleted from the list of candidates. Later hid in Estonia, escaped to Finland in 1943, was one of the organisers of the Estonian Bureau and assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of the "Malevlane".