Johannes Kaiv

{{Short description|Estonian diplomat}}

Johannes Kaiv (8 July 1897 – 21 November 1965) was an Estonian diplomat. A graduate in law from the University of Tartu, Kaiv studied at The Hague Academy of International Law.{{cite journal |last1=West Publishing Company |year=1960 |journal=Pacific Reporter |publisher=West Pub. Co. |volume= 353 |page=538 }} Between 1935 and 1939 he was the Honorary Consul in Sydney, Australia.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27994849 |title=ESTONIAN CONSULATE |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=30,518 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 October 1935 |access-date=7 July 2017 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232663315 |title=CONSULS. |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=14 |location=Australia |date=23 January 1936 |access-date=7 July 2017 |page=124 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232654883 |title=CONSUL. |newspaper=Commonwealth Of Australia Gazette |issue=57 |location=Australia |date=29 September 1938 |access-date=7 July 2017 |page=2292 |via=National Library of Australia}} In the years 1939 to 1965, he served the Estonian government-in-exile as the acting Consul General of Estonia in New York City,{{cite web|url=http://www.tlulib.ee/isik/index.php?id=1626 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720131114/http://www.tlulib.ee/isik/index.php?id=1626 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2011 |title=KAIV, JOHANNES |work=TLÜAR väliseesti isikud |access-date=3 November 2010 }}{{cite book |title=Baltic yearbook of international law |last=Ziemele |first=Ineta |year=2002 |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |isbn= 978-90-411-1736-6 |page=42 }} since 1940 in charge of Legation. In 1965 Ernst Jaakson succeeded him.

A veteran of the Estonian War of Independence, Kaiv was awarded the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, 3rd Class, in 1935.

On 21 November 1965, Kaiv died following a heart attack at his home in Scarsdale, New York,{{cite news |title=Johannes Kaiv |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-johannes-kaiv-1897-1965/161785606/ |work=Daily News |date=November 22, 1965 |location=New York, NY |page=787 |access-date=December 29, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} and was buried in the Kensico Cemetery in New York. His wife, Salme (née Vornik, 1914–1999), was later buried beside him.{{cite web|title=Matmispaikade register - Kaiv, Johannes|url=http://register.muinas.ee/public.php?menuID=burialplace&action=view&id=312|website=Kultuurimälestiste riiklik register|publisher=Government of Estonia|access-date=7 July 2017|language=et}}{{cite web|last1=Vilbiks|first1=Heini|title=110 aastat peakonsul Johannes Kaivu sünnist|url=http://vm.ee/et/110-aastat-peakonsul-johannes-kaivu-sunnist|website=Välisministeerium|publisher=Estonian Government|access-date=7 July 2017|language=et|date=9 July 2007}}