On July 29, 1941, Uluots met with the Nazi military government of Tartu, thanked them for freeing Estonia and asked them to allow him to form the government of independent Estonia with its owned armed forces; however, his request was turned down,[3] and the Nazis offered him to head the Estonian Self-Administration, but he refused.

[8] The Committee aimed to establish of a provisional government during expected German withdrawal as the Red Army had reached the border of Estonia on 2 February 1944.

The Committee determined that the Soviet-era appointment of Johannes Vares as prime minister by Konstantin Päts had been illegal and that Uluots had assumed the President's duties from 21 June 1940 onwards.

[9] On 21 June 1944, Jüri Uluots appointed Otto Tief as deputy prime minister.

[10] As the Germans retreated in September 1944, Uluots appointed a new government, headed by Otto Tief.

But most of the cabinet members were later arrested and suffered various repressions by the Soviet authorities, or were sent to labour camps in Siberia.