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ALEXEI A. MURISEPA Note on the Author
ALEXEI A. MURISEP was born in 1902 on Saarema Island. His father was a merchant seaman.
While Estonia was under capitalist rule he worked and studied in the Soviet Union. After graduating from an institute of railway engineers, he worked on the Ordzhonikidze, Krasnoyarsk and Estonian railway lines.
A member of the Communist Party since 1926, he held various Party and trade union positions, as well as doing responsible work in government departments.
Later he held important posts in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia. From 1949-51 he was Vice-Chairman and, since 1951, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Estonian S.S.R.
A. Murisep is a member of the Supreme Soviets of both the Estonian S.S.R. and the U.S.S.R.
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