List of First Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia

The First SecretaryChairman from March 25, 1990 of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia was the leader of the Communist Party of Estonia, which was in turn a branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Below is a list of office-holders:

Image Name Entered office Left officeKarl SäreGerman prisoner from 3 September 1941August 28, 19401943?Nikolai KarotammActing (for Säre to 1943?) to 28 September 1944In RSFSR exile 1941-1944September 3, 1941March 26, 1950Johannes KäbinMarch 26, 1950July 26, 1978Karl VainoJuly 26, 1978June 16, 1988Vaino VäljasJune 16, 1988August 22, 1991

Footnotes

Sources World Statesmen – Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic