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{{short description|Estonian diplomat and politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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'''Friedrich Karl Akel''' ({{OldStyleDate|5 September|1871|24 August}}<ref name="birth">{{cite web|title=Friedrich Karl Akel|url=http://valitsus.ee/UserFiles/valitsus/et/riigikantselei/uldinfo/organisatsioon/Friedrich%20Karl%20Akel.pdf|publisher=[[Government of Estonia]]|accessdate=8 June 2013|page=2|language=Estonian}}</ref> in Kaubi Manor, Kaubi Parish (now in [[Pornuse]] village, [[Halliste Parish]]) – 3 July 1941 in [[Tallinn]]) was an [[Estonia]]n diplomat and politician, a member of the International Olympic Committee,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv8n1/johv8n1k.pdf |title=Karl Friedrich Akel |accessdate=29 September 2008 |publisher=LA84 Foundation }}</ref> and Head of State of Estonia in 1924.
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He was an assistant in the Tartu University Clinic, a doctor in the Reimers ophthalmology clinic in [[Riga]], 1899–1901 a doctor in the Ujazdov hospital in [[Warsaw]]. In 1901, he studied in Berlin, [[Prague]] and [[Leipzig]]. Akel worked a private [[ophthalmologist]] in [[Tallinn]], and in 1907 he was one of the founders of the Private Clinic of Estonian Physicians. In 1912 he founded his own eye clinic. In 1904–1905 he was in the [[Russo-Japanese war]] as a physician. He was also a member and a chairman of the [[Tallinn]] Municipal Council, and the Honorary [[Justice of the Peace]] in the Tallinn-Haapsalu Peace Council.
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Akel was Estonia's [[riigivanem|Elder of State]] in March – December 1924, and served three times as [[Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs|foreign minister]]. He was also Estonia's [[envoy (title)|envoy]] in Finland, [[Sweden]] and Germany. In 1923–1929, Akel was a member of the [[Riigikogu]], and in 1938–1940 he was a member of the Riiginõukogu (the second Chamber of the Estonian Parliament).
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