Johannes Semper
Johannes Semper (Template:OldStyleDate – 21 February 1970)<ref>Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK. Retrieved 14 June 2016.</ref> was an Estonian poet, writer, translator and politician.
He was born in Pahuvere (now Viljandi Parish), Kreis Fellin, in the Governorate of Livonia. A student and later a prominent scholar at the University of Tartu, he was briefly nominated as Minister for Education of Estonia when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940.<ref>Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK. Retrieved 14 June 2016.</ref>
He wrote the lyrics of the Anthem of the Estonian SSR.<ref>Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK. Retrieved 14 June 2016.</ref>
He died in Tallinn and was buried at the Metsakalmistu.
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