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)
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