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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-E07268, Berlin, Besuch estnischer Aussenminister Selter.jpg|thumb|right|Karl Selter with [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]] on the |
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-E07268, Berlin, Besuch estnischer Aussenminister Selter.jpg|thumb|right|Karl Selter with [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]] on the occasion of the signing of the [[German-Estonian Non-Aggression Pact]] on 7 June 1939.]] |
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'''Karl Selter''' (born June 24, 1898 in the town of Koeru, Estonia - died January 31, 1958 in Geneva, Switzerland) was an Estonian politician and a [[Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia]]. He served as Economics Minister from 1933 to 1938 and as Foreign Minister from 1938 to 1939. His historically most memorable act was to sign a non-aggression and mutual assistance treaty with the Soviet leaders in Moscow in September 1939. This treaty gave the Soviet army a right to set up military bases in Estonia, and it significantly reduced Estonia's independence until the Soviet Union formally annexed Estonia between June and August 1940. Selter left Estonia in November 1939, resigning both as Foreign Minister and as a member of Parliament. He moved to Geneva, Switzerland as a diplomat, and after Germany and then the Soviet Union occupied Estonia, he stayed in Switzerland as an exiled diplomat and politician. |
'''Karl Selter''' (born June 24, 1898 in the town of Koeru, Estonia - died January 31, 1958 in Geneva, Switzerland) was an Estonian politician and a [[Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia]]. He served as Economics Minister from 1933 to 1938 and as Foreign Minister from 1938 to 1939. His historically most memorable act was to sign a non-aggression and mutual assistance treaty with the Soviet leaders in Moscow in September 1939. This treaty gave the Soviet army a right to set up military bases in Estonia, and it significantly reduced Estonia's independence until the Soviet Union formally annexed Estonia between June and August 1940. Selter left Estonia in November 1939, resigning both as Foreign Minister and as a member of Parliament. He moved to Geneva, Switzerland as a diplomat, and after Germany and then the Soviet Union occupied Estonia, he stayed in Switzerland as an exiled diplomat and politician. |
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Karl Selter (born June 24, 1898 in the town of Koeru, Estonia - died January 31, 1958 in Geneva, Switzerland) was an Estonian politician and a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. He served as Economics Minister from 1933 to 1938 and as Foreign Minister from 1938 to 1939. His historically most memorable act was to sign a non-aggression and mutual assistance treaty with the Soviet leaders in Moscow in September 1939. This treaty gave the Soviet army a right to set up military bases in Estonia, and it significantly reduced Estonia's independence until the Soviet Union formally annexed Estonia between June and August 1940. Selter left Estonia in November 1939, resigning both as Foreign Minister and as a member of Parliament. He moved to Geneva, Switzerland as a diplomat, and after Germany and then the Soviet Union occupied Estonia, he stayed in Switzerland as an exiled diplomat and politician. After World War II, he served in the Estonian refugee government in West Germany (see, for example, the Estonian-language and German-language Wikipedia articles on Selter, and Seppo Zetterberg, A History of Estonia / Viron historia, Helsinki, Finland: The Finnish Literature Society / Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2007).
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