Friido Kirs

Friido Kirs (also Friidu Kirs; 13 February 1889 – 16 April 1948) was an Estonian schoolteacher and politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu, representing the Estonian Labour Party. He was a member of the Riigikogu since 15 October 1921. He replaced Aleksander Kaar. On 2 November 1922, he resigned his position and he was replaced by Timotheus Grünthal.^[1]

Friido Kirs was born in the village of in Pihtla on the island of Saaremaa into a family of farmers. After graduating from secondary school, he was employed as a sailor. From 1908 until 1910, he worked as a schoolteacher. In 1910, he was conscripted into the 87th Neschlot Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Russian Army in Novgorod Governorate. He served as a volunteer on Russian ships during World War I and became a prisoner of war of the Germans. After his release, he returned to Saaremaa and was elected Mayor of Pihtla Parish in 1919 and later worked as a primary school teacher in Sandla and Ilpla, becoming the latter school's headmaster until 1927.^[2]

In 1920, Kirs Became an alternate member of the 1st Riigikogu, representing the Estonian Labour Party. From 1928 until 1941, he was the headmaster of Rahuste Primary School, then taught for a year at Tõlluste Primary School as a head teacher. In 1942, he was appointed the acting head teacher of Ilpla Primary School and continued to work a small farmer.^[2]

In 1919, he married Elisabeth Jalakas. The couple had three children. He died in 1948 in Kuressaare, aged 59.^[2]

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