Mihkel Pung

Mihkel Pung (19 October [O.S. 7 October] 1876 in Vana-Põltsamaa Parish (now Põltsamaa Parish), Kreis Fellin – 11 October 1941 in Sevurallag [et], Sverdlovsk Oblast) was an Estonian politician and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia and Speaker of the National Council (upper chamber) from 21 April 1938 to 5 July 1940.^[1] Pung was Minister of Finance in 1931. He was arrested during the Soviet invasion of Estonia and sent to Sevurallag (Sosva lager), a Soviet gulag in Sverdlovsk Oblast. He died in imprisonment in 1941.

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Political offices
Preceded by Office created	Chairman of the Bank of Estonia 1919	Succeeded by Eduard Aule
Preceded by Jaan Tõnisson	Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1932	Succeeded by August Rei
Preceded by Office created	Speaker of the National Council 1938–1940	Succeeded by none

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