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'''Konstantin Päts'''{{efn|{{IPA-et|ˈkons.tɑnʲ.tin ˈpætʲs}}}} ({{OldStyleDate|23 February|1874|11 February}}<ref name=birth>{{cite web|title=Eesti Riigivanemad|url=http://www.konstantinpaetsimuuseum.ee/Riigivanemad.doc|publisher=MTÜ Konstantin Pätsi Muuseum|access-date=8 June 2013|author=Lees, Elle|page=3|year=2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105311/http://www.konstantinpaetsimuuseum.ee/Riigivanemad.doc|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> – 18 January 1956) was an Estonian statesman and the country's [[President of Estonia|president]] from 1938 to 1940. Päts was one of the most influential politicians of the independent democratic [[Republic of Estonia]], and during the two decades prior to [[World War II]] he also served five times as the country's [[Prime Minister of Estonia|prime minister]]. After the 16–17 June 1940 [[Occupation of the Baltic states|Soviet invasion and occupation of Estonia]],
Päts was one of the first Estonians to become active in politics, and he then started a famous, nearly four-decade long, political rivalry with [[Jaan Tõnisson]] — first through journalism with his newspaper ''[[Teataja]]'', later through politics. Although Päts was sentenced to death ([[Trial in absentia|in absentia]]) during the [[Russian Revolution of 1905]], he was able to flee abroad, first to Switzerland, then to [[Grand Duchy of Finland|Finland]], where he continued his literary work. He returned to Estonia (then part of the [[Russian Empire]]), and had to serve a prison sentence in 1910–1911.
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