List of Rulers of Estonia - Estonian SSR

Estonian SSR

Title: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Estonian SSR (Eesti NSV Ülemnõukogu Presiidiumi esimees) (1940 - 1988)

• Johannes Vares-Barbarus (21 July 1940 - 29 November 1946)
• Nigol Andresen (1946 - 1947)
• Eduard Päll (1947 - 1950)
• August Jakobson (1950 - 1958)
• Johan Eichfeld (1958 - 1961)
• Aleksei Müürisepp (1961 - 7 October 1970)
• Aleksander Ansberg (1970)
• Artur Vader (22 December 1970 – 25 May 1978)
• Meta Vannas (acting chairman; 1978)
• Johannes Käbin (1978 - 1983)
• Arnold Rüütel (1983 - 16 November 1988)

Title: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Estonian SSR (independent) (1988 - 1990)

• Arnold Rüütel (16 November 1988 - 8 May 1990)