Johannes Klesment
Johannes Klesment (also Johannes Kleesment; 30 May 1896 Keila Parish (now Keila), Kreis Harrien – 23 December 1967 Washington, D.C.) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of the third and fourth legislatures of the Estonian Parliament, representing the Estonian Socialist Workers' Party. Klesment served as minister of justice in the Estonian government-in-exile from 1945 to 1953. In the 1950s, Klesment also served as the editor of The Baltic Review, a journal published in New York by the Committees for a Free Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from 1953 to 1971. References 1896 births 1967 deaths People from Keila People from Kreis Harrien Estonian Socialist Workers' Party politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 1926–1929 Members of the Riigikogu, 1929–1932 20th-century Estonian lawyers University of Tartu alumni Recipients of the Cross of Liberty (Estonia) Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to the United States