Jaan Teemant, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia (d. 1941)
Jaan Teemant (24 September [O.S. 12 September] 1872, in Illuste (now Paatsalu), Vigala Parish, Kreis Wiek (in present-day Pärnu County) – 1941? (date unknown)) was an Estonian lawyer and politician.
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