Meta Vannas (January 4, 1924, Suuremõisa

Suuremõisa, Hiiu County

Suuremõisa is a village in Pühalepa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia.It has 299 inhabitants and therefore is the biggest village of the municipality. The main sight is the Suuremõisa Manor with park and ponds....

, Hiiu County – November 25, 2002, Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

) was a Soviet

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 politician. She was a member of the Communist Party of Estonia

Communist Party of Estonia

Communist Party of Estonia was a political party in Estonia.EKP was formed November 5, 1920, as the Central Committee of the Estonian Sections of the Russian Communist Party was separated from its mother party. During the first half of 1920s the hopes to an immediate world revolution were still...

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Vannas was Minister of Public Service 1969–1975, Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic 1975 – May 25, 1978, Acting Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic May 25, 1978 – July 26, 1978 and Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic July 26, 1978–1985.

Sources

• Female Leaders of Understate Entities
• World Statesmen.org