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August Kohver
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'''August Kohver''' (1889–1942), also known as '''August Koffer''', was an Estonian agronomist and politician.
Kohver was born on 1 January 1889 in Vana-Kariste in [[Võru County]] and worked as an [[Agronomy|agronomist]]; he was also active in local politics and served as Governor of Võru County. He was elected to the [[Estonian Provincial Assembly]], which governed the [[Autonomous Governorate of Estonia]] between 1917 and 1919; he served the full term. He did not sit in the newly formed [[Republic of Estonia]]'s [[Asutav Rogu]] (Constituent Assembly), but was elected to the third legislature of the Riigikogu (Parliament) in 1926 as a member of the [[Farmers' Assemblies]] party. He stepped down on 4 December 1927 and was replaced by [[Konrad Arras]]. Kohver was elected to the First Chamber of the [[Estonian National Assembly]] (Rahvuskogu) which sat in 1937, and was then elected to the newly established [[Riiginõukogu]] (Estonian National Council) which sat between 1938 and 1940. He served for the duration of the term, which ended when it was dissolved by the [[Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940)|occupying Soviet authorities]], who arrested him on 2 January 1941, and [[Soviet deportations from Estonia|deported]] him to [[Usolsky District, Perm Krai|Usolye]] in [[Perm Krai]] in the [[Soviet Union|USSR]], where he died on 19 August 1942.<ref name="toomla">Jaan Toomla, ''[https://ift.tt/2tuLp4P Valitud ja Valitsenud: Eesti parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ning valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999]'' ([[National Library of Estonia]], 1999), pp. 23, 53, 67, 73, 261.</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2T1QK2V "KLI–KOR"], ''[[Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom]]''. Retrieved 26 February 2019.</ref>
== References ==
== Further information ==
* [https://ift.tt/2Eg3gRQ "Kohver, August"], ''Eesti Biograafiline Andmebaas ISIK'' ([[Estonian Literary Museum]]). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
[[Category:1889 births]]
[[Category:1942 deaths]]
[[Category:Estonian politicians]]
[[Category:Estonian agronomists]]
[[Category:Members of the Estonian Provincial Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the Riigikogu, 1926–29]]
[[Category:Members of the Estonian National Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the Riiginõukogu]]
Kohver was born on 1 January 1889 in Vana-Kariste in [[Võru County]] and worked as an [[Agronomy|agronomist]]; he was also active in local politics and served as Governor of Võru County. He was elected to the [[Estonian Provincial Assembly]], which governed the [[Autonomous Governorate of Estonia]] between 1917 and 1919; he served the full term. He did not sit in the newly formed [[Republic of Estonia]]'s [[Asutav Rogu]] (Constituent Assembly), but was elected to the third legislature of the Riigikogu (Parliament) in 1926 as a member of the [[Farmers' Assemblies]] party. He stepped down on 4 December 1927 and was replaced by [[Konrad Arras]]. Kohver was elected to the First Chamber of the [[Estonian National Assembly]] (Rahvuskogu) which sat in 1937, and was then elected to the newly established [[Riiginõukogu]] (Estonian National Council) which sat between 1938 and 1940. He served for the duration of the term, which ended when it was dissolved by the [[Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940)|occupying Soviet authorities]], who arrested him on 2 January 1941, and [[Soviet deportations from Estonia|deported]] him to [[Usolsky District, Perm Krai|Usolye]] in [[Perm Krai]] in the [[Soviet Union|USSR]], where he died on 19 August 1942.<ref name="toomla">Jaan Toomla, ''[https://ift.tt/2tuLp4P Valitud ja Valitsenud: Eesti parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ning valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999]'' ([[National Library of Estonia]], 1999), pp. 23, 53, 67, 73, 261.</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2T1QK2V "KLI–KOR"], ''[[Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom]]''. Retrieved 26 February 2019.</ref>
== References ==
== Further information ==
* [https://ift.tt/2Eg3gRQ "Kohver, August"], ''Eesti Biograafiline Andmebaas ISIK'' ([[Estonian Literary Museum]]). Retrieved 26 February 2019.
[[Category:1889 births]]
[[Category:1942 deaths]]
[[Category:Estonian politicians]]
[[Category:Estonian agronomists]]
[[Category:Members of the Estonian Provincial Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the Riigikogu, 1926–29]]
[[Category:Members of the Estonian National Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the Riiginõukogu]]
February 26, 2019 at 08:16PM
