Jaan Lattik was an Estonian politician, writer and a former Estonian Minister of Education and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia.

Lattik was a pastor by profession and studied theology at Tartu University. He was also a writer of children's stories, which were written in a Võro

Võro

Võro may refer to:* Võro people, an ethnic group of Estonia* Võro language, a language belonging to the Baltic-Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric languages of Estonia* Võro Institute, the governing organization of the Võro languageVoro may refer to:...

 dialect from southern Estonia. Lattik was a member of the Estonian delegation to the League of Nations

League of Nations

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 in 1921. In 1925 he became minister of education and Estonian foreign minister between 1928 to 1931. Envoy to Lithuania from September, 1939, recalled to Estonia on July 1940. Fled to Sweden

Sweden

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 in 1944 where he lived for the remainder of his life.

In late 2008, Lattik's body was reburied to Viljandi

Viljandi

Viljandi is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 19,150 . It is the capital of Viljandi County. The town was first mentioned in 1283, upon being granted its town charter by Wilhelm von Endorpe....

's Old Graveyard in accordance with his relatives' wishes.