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Tõnis Kint

Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 1991)

Born
August 17, 1896
Died
January 5, 1991
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1896

About Tõnis Kint

Tõnis Kint (17 August [O.S. 5 August] 1896 – 5 January 1991) was an Estonian politician. He served as "Acting Prime Minister of Estonian Exile Government" from 22 August 1960 to 1 January 1962 and again from 29 March 1963 to 23 December 1970 and as "Prime Minister in duties of the President" (in other words, Estonian head of state in exile) from 23 December 1970 to 1 March 1990. From 7 April 1938 member of the Chamber of Deputies. 1953-1960 Estonian Minister of Agriculture, and in 1960-1962 and in 1963-1970 Acting Prime Minister of the Estonian Government in Exile. Kint's first spouse was Salme Redlich. In 1983 the Polish government-in-exile awarded to him the Chevalier of the Polish Order of Restitution (Order Odrodzenia Polski). Kint graduated from the High School of Sciences in Tartu.

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The world when Tõnis Kint was born

Tõnis Kint was born in 1896. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst modern Olympic Games held in Athens
  • Top headlinePlessy v. Ferguson — "separate but equal" upheld
  • Technology milestoneGuglielmo Marconi patents wireless telegraph (radio)
  • World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population69.0M

1896 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Tõnis Kint's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18962026
Population69.0M341 million

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