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Estonian politician
Olev Olesk
(4 March 1921 ? 18 May 2017) was a former
Estonian
politician
. He served as the last
Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile
, between 1990 and 1992.
[1]
[2]
Olev Olesk was born in the village of Sookula, Peri Parish,
Voru County
(now part of the village of
Rosma
,
Polva Parish
, in
Polva County
). From 1942 to 1944, during the
German occupation
, he studied at the
University of Tartu
's Faculty of Law, and he was also a member of the
Estonian Students' Society
.
On 22 September 1944, he escaped to Sweden from Salumetsa Talu on Paatsalu on Priidik Jungermann's ship
Minnalaid
together with 202 other refugees.
From 1956, he lived in
New York City
, United States. Olesk died in New York on 18 May 2017 at the age of 96.
[3]
References
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edit
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XX sajandi kroonika: Eesti ja maailm: 4 2007 "Olev Olesk (valisminister)"
- ^
New Yorgis tahistati Olev Oleski 90.
sunnipaeva Olev Olesk. 5 March 2011 21:11 Neeme Raud, New York
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Einmann, Andres (20 May 2017).
"Suri Eesti eksiilvalitsuse viimane valisminister Olev Olesk"
.
Postimees
(in Estonian)
. Retrieved
21 May
2017
.
