Karl Vaino

1923–2022 (age 99)

Biography

Karl Genrikhovich Vaino (Estonian: Karl Vaino; Russian: Карл Генрихович Вайно; alias Kirill Voinov; 28 May 1923 – 12 February 2022) was a Russian-born Soviet politician in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. He was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia from 1978 to 1988.

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