The Provisional Government was led by Konstantin Päts.
[1] The main functions of the Provisional Government were lobbying for diplomatic recognition for Estonian independence abroad, oppose the German occupation of Estonia and organise elections to the Estonian Constituent Assembly.
After the formation of the Provisional Government, the country was occupied by German troops and became administered by Ober Ost.
As the result of German revolution and capitulation of Germany in World War I on 11 November,[2] the German occupation authorities handed over the power to the Estonian Provisional Government on 19 November 1918.
[4] The Estonian Provisional Government resigned on 8 May 1919, after the Estonian Constituent Assembly had met on 23 April 1919, and the first elected government of the Republic of Estonia took office.