Juhan Luiga

Juhan Luiga (31 March 1873 – 19 October 1927) was an Estonian psychiatrist, physician, author, publicist, and politician.

Luiga participated as a volunteer in the Estonian War of Independence as a military physician.

In 1919 he was elected dean of the University of Tartu's Faculty of Medicine, but refused to accept the position.

[2] Luiga was elected as a member of the first composition of the Riigikogu, representing the Estonian Labour Party.

[3] Juhan Luiga died of a stroke in Tallinn in 1927, aged 54, and was interred at Raadi cemetery in Tartu.