Hugo Celmiņš
Hugo Celmiņš (30 October 1877 – 30 July 1941) was a Latvian politician, a public employee, agronomist, twice the Prime Minister of Latvia (19 December 1924 – 23 December 1925, and 1 December 1928 – 26 March 1931). Arrested and deported to the USSR after the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940, imprisoned in Moscow's Lefortovo Prison. On 30 July 1941 shot and buried in the mass graves of Kommunarka shooting ground. Hugo Celmiņš was one of those who developed agrarian reform in Latvia.
Hugo Celmiņš | |
|---|---|
| 5th Prime Minister of Latvia | |
| In office 19 December 1924 – 23 December 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Voldemārs Zāmuēls |
| Succeeded by | Kārlis Ulmanis |
| In office 1 December 1928 – 26 March 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Pēteris Juraševskis |
| Succeeded by | Kārlis Ulmanis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 October 1877 Lubāna, Kreis Wenden, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
| Died | 30 July 1941 (aged 63) Lefortovo Prison, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Political party | Latvian Farmers' Union |
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