Tasuja Oja (born Benedikt Oskar Oja; 5 August 1888, in Kuivajõe – 1946, in Leningrad Oblast, Russia) was an Estonian politician, civil servant and educator. He was a member of the II and III Riigikogu, representing the Estonian Labour Party. He was a member of the Riigikogu since 18 July 1923. He replaced Arnold Schulbach.[1]
Oja was arrested by the Soviet occupation authorities on 9 December 1944 in Rannamõisa where he was employed as a schoolmaster. He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. He died in 1946 in prison custody in Leningrad Oblast in 1946.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Juhatus ja liikmed". Riigikogu (in Estonian). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Oja, Tasuja, Siim". Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom (in Estonian). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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