Andrus Saare (born 29 December 1965) is an Estonian politician. He was a member of XII Riigikogu. [1]
Before becoming a member of the Riigikogu, Saare was the mayor of Kohila Parish from 1999 to 2005, and again from 2009 to 2011. He was a member of Pro Patria and Res Publica Union. [1]
The Social Democratic Party is a centre-left political party in Estonia. It is currently led by Lauri Läänemets. The party was formerly known as the Moderate People's Party. The SDE has been a member of the Party of European Socialists since 16 May 2003 and was a member of the Socialist International from November 1990 to 2017. It is orientated towards the principles of social-democracy, and it supports Estonia's membership in the European Union. From April 2023, the party has been a junior coalition partner in the third Kallas government.
The Riigikogu is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation, the Parliament appoints high officials, including the prime minister and chief justice of the Supreme Court, and elects the president. Among its other tasks, the Riigikogu also ratifies significant foreign treaties that impose military and proprietary obligations and bring about changes in law, as well as approves the budget presented by the government as law, and monitors the executive power.
The president of the Republic of Estonia is the head of state of the Republic of Estonia. The current president is Alar Karis, elected by Parliament on 31 August 2021, replacing Kersti Kaljulaid.
Andrus Ansip is an Estonian politician, a member of the European Parliament, the former European Commissioner for Digital Single Market and Vice President of the European Commission, in office from 2014 until 2019. Previously, he was Prime Minister of Estonia from 2005 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal Estonian Reform Party from 2004 to 2014.
Kaarel Eenpalu was an Estonian journalist, politician and head of state, who served as 7th Prime Minister of Estonia.
The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the Republic of Estonia.
Tullio Liblik is an Estonian entrepreneur, the CEO and member of the board of the investment company Saarte Investeering and the chairman of the council of Kuressaare Regional Training Centre.
Indrek Saar is an Estonian actor and politician. He has been the leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2019 to 2022 and the Minister of Culture of Estonia from 2015 to 2019.
Liia Hänni is an Estonian astrophysicist, social activist and former politician who voted for the Estonian restoration of Independence.
Electoral district no. 5 is one of the 12 multi-member electoral districts of the Riigikogu, the national legislature of Estonia. The district was established as electoral district no. 6 in 1992 when the Riigikogu was re-established following Estonia's independence from the Soviet Union. It was renamed electoral district no. 5 in 1995 following the re-organisation of electoral districts. It is conterminous with the counties of Hiiu, Lääne and Saare. The district currently elects six of the 101 members of the Riigikogu using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 parliamentary election it had 51,093 registered electors.
An indirect election took place in Estonia on 30 and 31 August 2021 to elect the president of Estonia, who is the country's head of state. The Riigikogu — the Parliament of Estonia — elected Alar Karis to serve in the office and he was sworn in as the 6th president on 11 October 2021. The incumbent, Kersti Kaljulaid, was eligible to seek reelection to a second, and final, term but failed to gain the endorsement of at least 21 MPs, which is required in order for a candidate to register, as she was outspoken against some of the policies of the government, who thus denied her support.
Helle-Moonika Helme is an Estonian musician and politician. She has been member of XIV Riigikogu and XV Riigikogu.
Otto Pukk was an Estonian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Estonian National Assembly and III, V and VI Riigikogu.
Mihkel Neps was an Estonian politician. He was a member of Estonian Constituent Assembly.
Jakob Puss was an Estonian politician. He was a member of Estonian Constituent Assembly. He was a member of the assembly since 25 October 1919. He replaced Tõnu Talbak.
Johannes Koppel was an Estonian politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu. He was a member of the Riigikogu since 7 October 1921. He replaced Georg Tamm.
Aleksander Rei was an Estonian politician. He was a member of the Estonian National Assembly and VI Riigikogu.
Vambo Kaal is an Estonian politician. He was a member of VII, VIII and IX Riigikogu. From 2003 to 2009, he was the mayor of Kiili.
Laine Tarvis is an Estonian politician. She was a member of IX Riigikogu.
Grigore-Kalev Stoicescu is an Estonian diplomat, member of the XV Riigikogu. He is the Chairman of the National Defence Committee.
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