Leo Sepp Explained

Leo Sepp
Office:Minister of Finance
Term Start:December 1924
Term End:December 1927
Appointer:Jüri Jaakson
Office1:Minister of Economy
Termstart1:May 1938
Termend1:June 1940
Awards:Order of the White Star, 1st Class
Birth Date:7 November 1892
Birth Place:Simuna
Death Date:13 December 1941
Death Place:Usolye

Leo Sepp (7 November 1892 in Simuna, Estonia – 13 December 1941 in Solikamsk, Russia, USSR) was an Estonian politician, businessman and writer. From 1924 until 1927 he was Minister of Finance and from 1938 to 1940 Minister of Economic Affairs of Estonia.[1]

From 1921 until 1924, he was the director and chairman of the Bank of Estonia. From 1933 until 1938 he was the director of Baltic Cotton Factory. In 1937, using the pen name Rein Sarvesaare, Sepp wrote a theatre play Kaupo; and it was published by the Estonian Academic Artists' Association (EAKK).[2]

Following the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940, Sepp was arrested by the NKVD, deported to Soviet Russia, and imprisoned in the Gulag camp system. He died in custody in Solikamsk, Perm Oblast, Russia in 1941.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK . www2.kirmus.ee . 21 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Näidendi "Kaupo" autori ja illustraatori traagiline elusaatus. Anne. Ainz. Kultuur ja Elu. March 2019. 7 March 2021.