Mihkel Klaassen


Mihkel Klaassen was a justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia since 1924.
Klaassen was a member of the that decided the Soviet-era appointment of Johannes Vares as Prime Minister by Konstantin Päts had been illegal and stated, that Jüri Uluots is Prime Minister acting as President of the Estonian Republic on April 20, 1944.
He was the father of Professor Olaf-Mihkel Klaassen of Tartu University.