{{Short description|Estonian politician, diplomat and journalist}}

thumb|Hans Rebane (1934) '''Hans Rebane''' ({{OldStyleDate|24 December|1882|12 December}} – 16 December 1961) was an Estonian politician, diplomat and journalist. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia from 1927 to 1928 in Jaan Tõnisson's third cabinet. Rebane was Estonian envoy in Helsinki 1931–1937, 1937–1940 in Riga.<ref name="entsyklopeedia.ee">{{cite web |title=Rebane, Hans - Eesti Entsüklopeedia |url=http://entsyklopeedia.ee/artikkel/rebane_hans |website=entsyklopeedia.ee |access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref>

Hans Rebane was born in Ärma farmstead, Halliste Parish (now in Veskimäe, Viljandi Parish), Viljandi County. The same farm is now owned by the former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves who uses it as his residence.

Hans Rebane studied medicine in the University of Tartu and later economics in Berlin.<ref name="entsyklopeedia.ee" />

He died in Stockholm.<ref name="entsyklopeedia.ee" />

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{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box|before=Aleksander Hellat|title=Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia|years=1927–1928|after=Jaan Lattik}} {{succession box|before=Eduard Virgo|title=Estonian Minister in Helsinki|years=1931–1937|after=Rudolf Möllerson}} {{succession box|before=Karl Menning|title=Estonian Minister in Riga|years=1937–1940|after=(Soviet occupation)}} {{s-end}}

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