The State Anthem of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic was the anthem of Estonia from 1945 to 1990 when it was a part of the Soviet Union.
"Mu isamaa,mu õnn ja rõõm" is the national anthem of Estonia,originally adopted in 1920.
The Estonian Reform Party is a liberal political party in Estonia. The party has been led by Kristen Michal since 2024. It is colloquially known as the "Squirrel Party",referencing its logo.
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.
Jüri Ratas is an Estonian politician who served as the prime minister of Estonia from 2016 to 2021 and as the leader of the Centre Party from 2016 to 2023,and the mayor of Tallinn from 2005 to 2007. Ratas was a member of the Centre Party until switching to Isamaa in 2024.
Isamaa is a Christian-democratic and national conservative political party in Estonia.
The Estonian Olympic Committee is responsible for Estonia's participation in the Olympic Games.
Siim Valmar Kiisler is an Estonian politician,a member of the Parempoolsed,former member of Isamaa.
The Governor was the leader of a county (maakond) in Estonia. Here is the list of governors of Estonian counties.
Margus Tsahkna is an Estonian politician,leader of new liberal Estonia 200 party since 19 November 2023,former leader of the conservative Isamaa party,former Minister of Defence in Jüri Ratas' cabinet and Minister of Social Protection in Taavi Rõivas' second cabinet. He was sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the third cabinet of Kaja Kallas on 17 April 2023.
Siim Kabrits is an Estonian entrepreneur and former politician. He was a member of Riigikogu from April 6,2011,to March 26,2014.
Aleksander Kunileid,was an Estonian composer. He is one of the founding figures of Estonian choral music.
Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 3 March 2019. The newly elected 101 members of the 14th Riigikogu assembled at Toompea Castle in Tallinn within ten days of the election. The Reform Party remained the largest party,gaining four seats for a total of 34 and the Conservative People's Party had the largest gain overall,increasing their seat count by 12 to a total of 19 seats.
Electoral district no. 8 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. 7 in 1995 following the re-organisation of electoral districts. It was renamed electoral district no. 8 in 2003 following another re-organisation of electoral districts. It is conterminous with the counties of Järva and Viljandi. The district currently elects seven of the 101 members of the Riigikogu using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 parliamentary election it had 61,657 registered electors.
Estonian Sports Association Jõud is an Estonian sports association.
Kaja Kallas's first cabinet was the Cabinet of Estonia between 26 January 2021 and 14 July 2022. It was a grand coalition cabinet of the Reform Party and the Centre Party until 3 June 2022 when Kallas dismissed Centre Party ministers from government after several weeks of disputes between the two parties.
The second cabinet of Kaja Kallas,was the cabinet of Estonia from 18 July 2022 until 17 April 2023 when it was succeeded by the third Kallas cabinet following the 2023 election.
Triple Alliance is a commonly used political term in Estonia to refer to the various coalition governments between the centre-left Social Democratic Party,centre-right Reform Party and conservative Isamaa or their predecessors. This coalition has formed four times in history - from 1999 to 2002,from 2007 to 2009,from 2015 to 2016 and from 2022 to 2023. None of the coalitions governments have lasted a full parliamentary term. All of the Triple Alliance cabinets have been the second ones of the respective Prime Minister.
The 2022 Estonian government crisis was a political event in Estonia that occurred between May and July 2022. It includes the events that follow the introduction of a child benefits bill by the governing Centre Party with the support of the opposition Isamaa,Social Democrats and EKRE but without the support of the senior partner in the coalition,the Reform Party.
