Arnold Veimer (20 June 1903 – 3 March 1977) was a Soviet Estonian politician and economist.

[1] Veimer joined the Communist Party of Estonia (EKP) in 1922, and was given a lifetime sentence of forced labour in the trial of the 149 in 1924.

[2] After the Soviet occupation of Estonia in the summer of 1940, Veimer was elected a deputy to and chairman of the so-called People's Parliament in Estonia, which later became the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR.

[1] After being removed from this position, he was appointed director of the Institute of Economics and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR.

After the death of Joseph Stalin, Veimer returned to political work: in 1957–1965 he was Chairman of the Sovnarkhoz (Council of National Economy) of the Estonian SSR, and in 1965–1968 he was Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Estonian SSR.