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'''Ants Piip''' [[Cross of Liberty (Estonia)|VR]] III/1 (also Anton or Hans Piip; {{OldStyleDate|28 February|1884|16 February}} in [[Tuhalaane]], [[Kreis Fellin]]<ref name=birth>{{cite web|title=Ants Piibu sünd|url=http://www.histrodamus.ee/?event=Show_event&event_id=2695&layer=172#2695|publisher=[[Histrodamus]]|accessdate=8 June 2013|language=Estonian}}</ref> – 1 October 1942 in [[Gulag|Nyrobsky camp]], [[Perm Oblast]], Russia[[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]]) was an [[Estonia]]n lawyer, diplomat and politician.<ref name="riigikogu.ee">{{cite web |title=Juhatus ja liikmed |url=https://www.riigikogu.ee/tutvustus-ja-ajalugu/riigikogu-ajalugu/i-riigikogu-koosseis/juhatus-ja-liikmed/ |website=Riigikogu |access-date=2 March 2021 |language=et}}</ref> Piip was the 1st [[Head of State of Estonia]] and the 5th [[Prime Minister of Estonia]]. Piip played a key role in internationalising the independence aspirations of Estonia during the [[Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920)|Paris Peace Conference]] following [[World War I]].{{sfn|Aston|2010|p=3}}

Piip was a member of the [[Maapäev|Estonian Province Assembly]] ({{lang-langx|et|Maapäev}}), and later a member of the [[Constituent Assembly]] (''Asutav Kogu''), and after that, of the [[Riigikogu]]. In 1917–1919, Piip was a member of the Estonian Foreign Mission in Saint Petersburg and in London, he participated in the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]]. In 1919 he was Deputy to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1919–1920 Member of the Estonian delegation in the [[Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian)|Tartu peace negotiations]] between Estonia and the [[Russian SFSR]]. In 1919–1940 he was Professor of International Law in [[Tartu University]]. In 1920, he was the diplomatic representative the Republic of Estonia in Great Britain. 1920–1921, while [[Head of State of Estonia|Head of State]], Piip was also the Minister of War. He held position of Minister of Foreign Affairs five times, also he was in 1923–1925 the Envoy of Estonia to the United States of America. During 1938–1940, Piip was also member of the [[Riigivolikogu]] (first chamber of the [[Riigikogu]]).

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