History

The history of Harju County Government goes back to the year 1917.

 

Harju County Municipality has been founded by the regulation from 30th March 1917. The members of the Harju County Council were elected by the delegates of county municipalities. The first meeting was held on 1st of July 1917 in Tallinn, Toompea castle. Johannes Reinthal won the elections for the Chair of the Council. The language of procedure was decided to be Estonian.

 

The structure of Harju County Government has consisted of following departments on it´s beginning: general department (organised the work of different committees), food department (stored and registed the food products, provided the people and military etc), roads department, health care department, the government of rural schools (education department was formed later) and administrative department.

 

Executive Committee of Harju County Deputies Council was formed on January 1941. It´s existance was stopped during the German occupation from the autumn of 1941 till autumn 1944. After the new rural regions were formed in Soviet Union, the Executive Committee of Harju County Deputies Council was abolished on 1950. The Executive Committee of Harju Region Labour Deputies Council was formed.

 

Harju County Government was formed on 1990.

 

The Chairs of Harju County Councils, the Heads of County Governments and the County Governors:

1917 - 1920            Johannes Reinthal
1920 - 1922            Oskar Suursööt
1922 - 1927            Martin Kruusimaa (Krusemann)
1927 - 1936            Rudolf Kuris
1936 - 1940            Karl Robert Ruus
1940 - 1941            Gustav Abel
1940; 1941 - 1944  Paul Männik
1990 - 1991            Anti Oidsalu
1991 - 1994            Mati Zernand
1994 - 1999            Mait Kornet
1999 - 2004            Orm Valtson
2005 - 2006            Jaan Mark
2006 - 2009            Värner Lootsmann

2009 -                     Ülle Rajasalu