Johannes Klesment (also Johannes Kleesment; 30 May 1896 Keila Parish (now Keila), Kreis Harrien – 23 December 1967 Washington, D.C.) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of the third and fourth legislatures of the Estonian Parliament,[1] representing the Estonian Socialist Workers' Party.[2] Klesment served as minister of justice in the Estonian government-in-exile from 1945 to 1953.[3] In the 1950s, Klesment also served as the editor of The Baltic Review,[4] a journal published in New York by the Committees for a Free Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from 1953 to 1971.[5]

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  1. ↑ "Balts Despise Their Red Overlords". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, NY. October 13, 1956. p. 6. Retrieved February 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ↑ "Juhatus ja liikmed". Riigikogu (in Estonian). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Estonian Fete Set". The Miami News. Miami, FL. February 22, 1957. p. 6. Retrieved February 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ↑ "For Those Enslaved". The Billings Gazette. Billings, MT. February 15, 1958. p. 4. Retrieved February 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ↑ "The Baltic Review". Holdings - HSP. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
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