Johannes Vares

Johannes Vares
Vares in 1931
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR
In office
25 August 1940  29 November 1946
PresidentKonstantin Päts
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byEduard Päll
Prime Minister in the duties of the President
In office
23 July 1940  25 August 1940
Prime Minister of Estonia
In office
21 June 1940  25 August 1940
Preceded byJüri Uluots
Succeeded byPosition abolished (de facto)
Personal details
Born(1890-01-12)12 January 1890
Kiisa, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died29 November 1946(1946-11-29) (aged 56)
Tallinn, Estonia
NationalityEstonian
Political partyCPSU
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of Estonia
Alma materUniversity of Kyiv
ProfessionPoet, writer, military doctor, gynecologist

Johannes Vares (pen name Barbarus or Vares-Barbarus 12 January 1890 [O.S. 31 December 1889] – 29 November 1946) was an Estonian poet, medical doctor, and politician.