Hugo Celmiņš

Prime Minister of Latvia

30 October 1873 Lubāna, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire

30 July 1941(1941-07-30) (67) Lefortovo Prison, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR

19 January 1924 – 23 December 1925

Latvian politician (1877–1941) Hugo Celmiņš (October 30, 1877 – July 30, 1941) was a Latvian politician, a public employee, agronomist, twice the Prime Minister of Latvia (19 January 1924 – 23 December 1925, 1 December 1928 – 26 March 1931). Arrested and deported to the USSR after the occupation of Latvia, imprisoned in Moscow's Lefortovo Prison. On 30 July 1941 shot and buried in the mass graves of Kommunarka shooting ground. Hugo Celmiņš was one of those who developed agrarian reform in Latvia.