On Wednesday, 24 September, a memorial stone has been dedicated at the
birthplace of the Head of State Jaan Teemant, in Pärnu County.At the dedication of the memorial stone in Paatsalu Village, Varbla
Rural Municipality, at 14.00, President Arnold Rüütel, State Secretary
Heiki Loot, Varbla Rural Municipality Mayor Sivar Tõnisson, and the
representative of the family, Mari Adler, spoke. At the
gathering following the dedication of the memorial stone at the Varbla
culture centre, Jaan Teemant had be recalled as a lawyer, statesman,
prosecutor and citizen, by Professor Peeter Järvelaid, Chief Public
Prosecutor Norman Aas and Kaire Veeroja, the researcher of the family
tree of Jaan Teemant. 24 September is the 136th anniversary of
the birth of Jaan Teemant. Jaan Teemant was born on 24 September 1872,
in Illuste, in Lääne County. His childhood, however, passed in Kohila
Rural Municipality, in the present Priidiku-Teemanti farm, which will
also be marked with a memorial stone. Jaan Teemant was the Head of State from 15 December 1925 to 9 December 1927 and from 19 February to 19 July 1932. Teemant
was also a member of the Estonian Province Assembly and the Constituent
Assembly and was the Prosecutor of the Republic of Estonia. In
the anniversary year of the Republic of Estonia, the State Chancellery
will mark the birthplaces of the Estonian heads of state which have not
been marked yet. Earlier during the anniversary year, the birthplace of
the Head of State August Rei, in Pilistvere, the birthplace of
Aleksander Warma, the Prime Minister acting as the President in exile,
at Viinistu, the birthplace of the Prime Minister and Head of State
Otto Strandman in Kadrina Rural Municipality, Vandu Village, and the
birthplace of the Chairman of the Estonian Province Assembly and Prime
Minister Ado Birk, in Tarvastu Rural Municipality, Mõnnaste Village
have been marked. Read more about the biography of Jaan Teemant at: http://www.president.ee/en/estonia/heads.php?gid=81969