Leo Sepp

Leo Sepp
Portrait of Leo Sepp
Minister of Finance
In office
December 1924 – December 1927
Appointed byJüri Jaakson
Minister of Economy
In office
May 1938 – June 1940
Personal details
Born7 November 1892
Simuna
Died13 December 1941
Usolye
AwardsOrder of the White Star, 1st Class

Leo Sepp (7 November 1892 in Simuna, Estonia – 13 December 1941 in Solikamsk, Russia, USSR) was an Estonian politician, businessman and writer. From 1924 until 1927 he was Minister of Finance and from 1938 to 1940 Minister of Economic Affairs of Estonia.[1]

From 1921 until 1924, he was the director and chairman of the Bank of Estonia. From 1933 until 1938 he was the director of Baltic Cotton Factory.[1] In 1937, using the pen name Rein Sarvesaare, Sepp wrote a theatre play Kaupo; and it was published by the Estonian Academic Artists' Association (EAKK).[2]

Following the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940, Sepp was arrested by the NKVD, deported to Soviet Russia, and imprisoned in the Gulag camp system. He died in custody in Solikamsk, Perm Oblast, Russia in 1941.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK". www2.kirmus.ee. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b Ainz, Anne (March 2019). "Näidendi "Kaupo" autori ja illustraatori traagiline elusaatus". Kultuur ja Elu. Retrieved 7 March 2021.


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