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Andrievs Niedra

Andrievs Niedra
Counter-revolutionary forces Latvia Latvia 1871–1942 ○ Died

Pastor and writer who headed Latvia's pro-German government of 1919

"Not clever speeches or treaties but force decides a nation's fate," he declared at his 1924 treason trial.

A leading Latvian novelist and Lutheran pastor, he headed the pro-German government backed by von der Goltz after the Liepāja coup of 1919. His regime fell after Cēsis, he fled to Germany and, returning in 1924, was tried for treason and expelled.

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  • 1890–1899Studied theology at the University of Dorpat (Tartu)
  • 1903–1906Edited and published the journal Austrums in Cēsis
  • 1906–1918Lutheran pastor in the Matīši, Kalsnava and Vietalva parishes
  • 1917Co-founded the Latvian Farmers' Union, member of its board
  • 1919.05–06Prime Minister of the pro-German provisional government
  • 1924Convicted of treason, then expelled by presidential pardon
  • 1926–1930Pastor of a German congregation in Altstadt, East Prussia