List of Estonian generals

This is a complete list of Estonian generals in the Estonian Defence Forces, past and present. The list includes senior officers who held the rank of general, lieutenant general, major general and brigadier general in the Estonian Land Forces or the Estonian Air Force and the rank of admiral, vice admiral, rear admiral and commodore in the Estonian Navy.

List of generals

Rank	Name	Born	Died	Notes
Major General	Brede, HerbertHerbert Brede	1888	1942	VR I/2
General	Einseln, AleksanderAleksander Einseln	1931	2017	Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces
Major General	Hein, HarryHarry Hein	1945
Major General	Heinze, OttoOtto Heinze	1877	1968	VR I/2, II/2
Major General	Helk, NikolaiNikolai Helk	1885	1941
Major General	Herem, MartinMartin Herem	1973
Brigadier General	Hoppe, PeeterPeeter Hoppe	1960
Major General	Jaakson, AleksanderAleksander Jaakson	1892	1942	VR I/3, II/3
Major General	Jervan, MartinMartin Jervan	1891	1942	VR I/2
Major General	Jonson, GustavGustav Jonson	1880	1942	VR II/2, I/3
Major General	Kasekamp, AugustAugust Kasekamp	1889	1942	VR II/3
Major General	Kauler, HugoHugo Kauler	1893	1942	VR I/2
Lieutenant General	Kert, JohannesJohannes Kert	1959		Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces
Major General	Kiili, MeelisMeelis Kiili	1965
Major General	Kruus, JaanJaan Kruus	1884	1942	VR II/3
Major General	Krüüner, TeoTeo Krüüner	1943
Major General	Kunnos, GustavGustav Kunnos	1878	1926
Major General	Kurvits, AntsAnts Kurvits	1887	1943	VR I/2
Vice Admiral	Kõuts, TarmoTarmo Kõuts	1953		Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces
General	Laaneots, AntsAnts Laaneots	1948		Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces
General	Laidoner, JohanJohan Laidoner	1884	1953	Commander of the Estonian Armed Forces, VR I/1, III/1
Brigadier General	Laneman, AlarAlar Laneman	1962
Major General	Larka, AndresAndres Larka	1879	1943	VR I/1
Major General	Lebedev, DimitriDimitri Lebedev	1872	1935
Major General	Leesment, HansHans Leesment	1873	1944	VR III/2
Lieutenant General	Lill, PaulPaul Lill	1882	1943	VR I/2
Major General	Lossmann, ArturArtur Lossmann	1877	1972	VR I/2
Major General	Loemaa, VelloVello Loemaa	1951
Major General	Maide, JaanJaan Maide	1896	1945	Commander of the Estonian Armed Forces, VR II/3
Major General	Orasmaa, JohannesJohannes Orasmaa	1890	1943	VR I/2, II/3
Major General	Paldrok, AleksanderAleksander Paldrok	1871	1944	VR I/2
Rear Admiral	Pitka, JohanJohan Pitka	1872	1944	VR I/1
Major General	Pulk, AleksanderAleksander Pulk	1886	1941	VR I/2
Major General	Puusepp, LudvigLudvig Puusepp	1875	1942
Major General	Põdder, ErnstErnst Põdder	1879	1932	VR I/1
Lieutenant General	Reek, NikolaiNikolai Reek	1890	1942	VR I/2, II/2, II/3
Major General	Reimann, RudolfRudolf Reimann	1884	1946	VR I/1
Major General	Rieberg, VoldemarVoldemar Rieberg	1886	1952
Brigadier General	Roosimägi, UrmasUrmas Roosimägi	1958
Major General	Rotberg, TõnisTõnis Rotberg	1882	1953	VR I/2
Major General	Saar, ValeriValeri Saar	1955
Commodore	Schvede, IgorIgor Schvede	1970
Major General	Silberg, AleksanderAleksander Silberg	1869	1926
Major General	Sirel, IndrekIndrek Sirel	1970
Major General	Soots, JaanJaan Soots	1880	1942	VR I/1
Major General	Sternbeck, OttoOtto Sternbeck	1884	1941	VR I/2
General	Terras, RihoRiho Terras	1967		Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces
Brigadier General	Tiganik, ArturArtur Tiganik	1971
Brigadier General	Tiru, MärtMärt Tiru	1947	2005
Major General	Tomberg, RichardRichard Tomberg	1897	1982
Major General	Traksmaa, AugustAugust Traksmaa	1893	1942	VR I/3, II/3
Major General	Tõnisson, AleksanderAleksander Tõnisson	1875	1941	VR I/1
Major General	Tõrvand, JuhanJuhan Tõrvand	1883	1942
Major General	Unt, JohanJohan Unt	1876	1930	VR I/2, III/2
Major General	von Manteuffel, Werner ZoegeWerner Zoege von Manteuffel	1857	1926	VR I/2
Rear Admiral	von Salza, HermannHermann von Salza	1885	1946	VR I/3
Major General	Väli, NeemeNeeme Väli	1965

See also

• Military of Estonia
• List of Estonian commanders
• List of former Estonian commanders