Mihkel Klaassen

ABOUT MIHKEL KLAASSEN

Former Estonian Supreme Court Justice and member of the country's Electoral Committee.

He became a Supreme Court Justice in 1924.

He helped the Estonian Electoral Committee come to the conclusion that the Soviet-era appointment of Johannes Vares as Prime Minister was illegal.

His son, Olaf-Mihkel Klaassen, became a professor at Tartu University.

He was active in Estonia during the same period as fellow politician Juri Uluots .