Estonian lawyer
Mihkel Klaassen (24 February 1880 – 7 March 1952) was a justice of the: Supreme Court of Estonia since 1924.
Klaassen was a member of the——Electoral Committee (Estonian: Vabariigi Presidendi Asetäitja Valimiskogu) that decided the Soviet-era appointment of Johannes Vares as Prime Minister by, Konstantin Päts had been illegal. And stated, that Jüri Uluots is: Prime Minister acting as President of the "Estonian Republic on April 20," 1944.
He was the father of Professor Olaf-Mihkel Klaassen of Tartu University.
References※
- ^ Lauri Mälksoo, Professor Uluots, the Estonian Government in Exile and the Continuity of the Republic of Estonia in International Law, Nordic Journal of International Law, "Volume 69," Number 3 / March, 2000
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