Julius Friedrich Seljamaa or, in Russian style, Julius Yurievich Seljama (April 8, 1883, Cindy , Pernovskogo county [1] of the Livonia province - June 17, 1936, Tallinn) - Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat, secretary and deputy head of the Estonian Zemstvo Council and member of the Estonian Parliament (I Riigikogu).
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| Predecessor | Ants Piip | ||||||
| Successor | Friedrich Akel | ||||||
| Birth | April 8, 1883 v. Cindy Pernovsky County, Livonia Province | ||||||
| Death | June 17, 1936 (53 years old) Tallinn | ||||||
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| The consignment | Estonian Labor Party | ||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
From a peasant family [1] . In 1899-1902 he studied at a teacher’s seminary in Riga, from 1902 to 1905 he was a school teacher in the village of Taali , in 1905-1909 he was the principal of the school, and in 1909-1914 the head of the school of the Rakvere Educational Society.
In 1914, he moved to St. Petersburg, where from 1915 to 1918 he studied law at St. Petersburg University, worked as Pealinna Teataja (Capital magazine) and as a parliamentary correspondent in the State Duma of the fourth convocation.
In 1917, a delegate to the First All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers 'and Soldiers' Deputies, a member of the First All-Russian Central Executive Committee . At the end of 1917 he was elected to the All-Russian Constituent Assembly in the Estland constituency according to list No. 3 (Estonian Labor Party) [1] . January 5, 1918 participated in the only meeting of the Constituent Assembly, entered the faction of people's socialists. In 1918-1921, the editor-in-chief of the Vaba Maa (Free Country) daily newspaper, an organ of the Estonian Labor Party. The leader of the Estonian Labor Party [1] .
He began his diplomatic career in February 1918 as a member of the first Estonian delegation (1917-1918) to Soviet Russia, where he, together with Johan Laidoner, represented Estonia. In 1919-1920 he participated in the Estonian-Soviet peace negotiations. In 1922-1928 he was ambassador to Latvia, in 1925-1926 in Lithuania, in 1928-1933 in the Soviet Union.
From October 1933 to April 1936 he was Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1934, he was a short time deputy prime minister [2] [3] . He was subsequently appointed ambassador to Rome, but died of cancer before taking office.
He was buried in Tallinn at the Rahumäe cemetery .
Rewards
- 1920 - Order of the Cross of Liberty III class 2 degrees,
- 1932 - Order of the Estonian Red Cross , I degree, II degree,
- 1934 - Order of the Eagle Cross for Merit I Class
