Konstantin Päts

**Konstantin Päts** ( – 18 January 1956) was the President of Estonia from 1938 to 1940.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Konstantin Päts
- **nationality**: Estonian
- **image**: Konstantin Päts.jpg
- **order1**: 1st President of Estonia
- **term start1**: 24 April 1938
- **term end1**: 23 July 1940
- **primeminister1**: Kaarel Eenpalu
<small>as Acting Prime Minister of Estonia, Prime Minister</small>
Kaarel Eenpalu
Jüri Uluots
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Johannes Vares
- **successor1**: Jüri Uluots
<small>as Estonian Government in Exile, Prime Minister in duties of the President in Exile</small>
Lennart Meri
<small>as President of Estonia, President after restoration of independence</small>
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Johannes Vares
<small>as Prime Minister of Estonia, Prime Minister in duties of the President under Occupation of the Baltic states, USSR occupation</small>
- **order2**: Prime Minister of Estonia, Chairman of the
Council of Ministers of the
Estonian Provisional Government, Provisional Government of Estonia
- **term start2**: 24 February 1918
- **term end2**: 12 November 1918
- **predecessor2**: <small>Estonian Declaration of Independence, Independence declared, position established</small>
- **successor2**: himself
<small>as Prime Minister of Estonia, Prime Minister of the Provisional Government</small>
- **order3**: Prime Minister of Estonia, Prime Minister of the Estonian Provisional Government, Provisional Government of Estonia
- **term start3**: 12 November 1918
- **term end3**: 8 May 1919
- **predecessor3**: himself
<small>as Prime Minister of Estonia, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Provisional Government</small>
- **successor3**: Otto Strandmann, Otto August Strandmann
<small>as Prime Minister of Estonia, Prime Minister</small>
- **order4**: 2nd, 4th, 11th, 14th and 16th
State Elder of Estonia
- **term start4**: 25 January 1921
- **term end4**: 21 November 1922
- **predecessor4**: Ants Piip
- **successor4**: Juhan Kukk
- **term start5**: 2 August 1923
- **term end5**: 26 March 1924
- **predecessor5**: Juhan Kukk
- **successor5**: Friedrich Karl Akel
- **term start6**: 12 February 1931
- **term end6**: 19 February 1932
- **predecessor6**: Otto Strandman
- **successor6**: Jaan Teemant
- **term start7**: 1 November 1932
- **term end7**: 18 May 1933
- **predecessor7**: Karl August Einbund
- **successor7**: Jaan Tõnisson
- **term start8**: 21 October 1933
- **term end8**: 24 January 1934
- **predecessor8**: Jaan Tõnisson
- **successor8**: himself
<small>as Prime Minister of Estonia, Prime Minister in duties of the State Elder</small>
- **order9**: 6th Prime Minister of Estonia,
in duties of the State Elder of Estonia
- **term start9**: 24 January 1934
- **term end9**: 3 September 1937
- **predecessor9**: himself
<small>as State Elder</small>
- **successor9**: himself
<small>as Riigihoidja, President-Regent</small>
- **order10**: Riigihoidja, President-Regent of Estonia
- **term start10**: 3 September 1937
- **term end10**: 9 May 1938
- **predecessor10**: himself
<small>as Prime Minister of Estonia, Prime Minister in duties of the State Elder</small>
- **successor10**: himself
<small>as President of Estonia, President
Kaarel Eenpalu
as Prime Minister of Estonia, Prime Minister</small>
- **birth place**: Tahkuranna Parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
- **death place**: Burashevo, Kalininsky District, Tver Oblast, Kalininsky District, Kalinin Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
- **restingplace**: Tallinn, Estonia
- **spouse**: Wilhelmine ("Helma") Ida Emilie Päts
- **children**: Leo
Viktor
- **party**: Farmers' Assemblies, Country People's Union (1917–1920)
Farmers' Assemblies (1920–1932)
Union of Settlers and Smallholders (1932–1935)
- **alma mater**: University of Tartu
- **profession**: Lawyer, newspaper editor, politician, businessman