Heinrich Gutkin (13 June 1879, inTallinn – 11 October 1941, inSverdlovsk Oblast)^[1] was a trader and theEstonian National Assembly member.

Heinrich Gutkin was a chairman of the Jewish Union Bank inTallinn, a clothing store owner and a founding member of theEstonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1925 to 1937. He also a chairman of the Jewish Cultural Self-Administration Office. On February 3, 1937 he was appointed to the and served as a representative of the Upper Chamber of the National Parliament.^[2] It was the first time that aJew was appointed to the upper house.^[3]

Gutkin was arrested by Soviet security services on 14 June 1941, his property confiscated^[4] and was deported to aprison camp in the Soviet Union, where he subsequently died.^{[citation needed]}

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