Johannes Käbin

Johannes Käbin (Russian: Иван Густавович Кэбин, 24 September 1905, Kalvi, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire – 26 October 1999, Tallinn, Estonia) was an Estonian Soviet politician who led the Estonian Communist Party from 1950 to 1978. He was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1978 to 1983. Initially a hardline Stalinist, he gradually became more moderate in the post-Stalin era but nevertheless remained devoted to the consolidation of Soviet rule in Estonia. Käbin was an ethnic Estonian but had been raised in Russia (a so-called "Yestonian"), as his family had moved to Saint Petersburg in 1910. He worked as a teacher in Moscow before returning to Estonia after the Second World War.

Johannes Käbin, 1978

After the reindependence of Estonia till his death Käbin was a member of the Social Democratic Labour Party.

Political offices
Preceded by Nikolai Karotamm	First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia 1950–1978	Succeeded by Karl Vaino
Preceded by Meta Vannas	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR 1978–1983	Succeeded by Arnold Rüütel