Tiit Made (born 13 March 1940 in Tallinn [1] ) is an Estonian economist, writer, journalist, publicist, and politician. He was a member of the VII and VIII Riigikogu. [2]
At the end of Soviet Estonia, he was one of the leading figures developing the Self-Managing Estonia or IME project. [3]
Politics in Estonia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Estonia is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the Estonian parliament. Executive power is exercised by the government, which is led by the prime minister. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Estonia is a member of the United Nations, the European Union, and NATO.
Estonia elects a legislature on the national level. The Riigikogu has 101 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold. A head of state – the president – is elected for a five-year term by parliament or an electoral college. Locally, Estonia elects local government councils, which vary in size. Election law states the minimum size of a council depending on the size of municipality. Local government councils are elected by proportional representation too.
The Government of the Republic of Estonia is the cabinet of Estonia. Under the Constitution, it exercises executive power pursuant to the Constitution and laws of Estonia.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Estonia since 1 January 2024. The government elected in the March 2023 election, led by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and consisting of the Reform Party, the Social Democrats and Estonia 200, vowed to legalize same-sex marriage. Legislation to open marriage to same-sex couples was introduced to the Riigikogu in May 2023, and was approved in a final reading by 55 votes to 34 on 20 June. It was signed into law by President Alar Karis on 27 June, and took effect on 1 January 2024. Estonia was the first Baltic state, the twentieth country in Europe, and the 35th in the world to legalise same-sex marriage.
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.
The Combat Service Support Battalion is a military unit of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Estonian Land Forces. The battalion has a logistical military role and is located In Tapa, Northern Estonia.
Aivar Sõerd is an Estonian politician and civil servant. He is a member of Estonian Reform Party.
Mati Raidma is an Estonian politician. He has been a member of IX, X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV Riigikogu. Since 2006, he belongs to Estonian Reform Party. From 2014 to 2015 he was the minister of the environment.
VII Riigikogu was the seventh legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1992 election, the first after the Estonian Restoration of Independence.
IX Riigikogu was the ninth legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1999 election.
Peeter Tulviste was an Estonian psychologist, educator and politician. He was a member of X and XI Riigikogu.
Ants Käärma is an Estonian agronomist and politician. He has been a member of the VII, VIII, and IX Riigikogu.
Otto Pukk was an Estonian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Estonian National Assembly and III, V and VI Riigikogu.
Lui Olesk was an Estonian politician. He was a member of the I Riigikogu, representing the Estonian Labour Party, up until December 1921; Oskar Rudolf Jüriväli subsequently succeeded him in the Riigikogu.
August Kerem was an Estonian politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu.
Jaan Piiskar (11 February 1883, in Vastemõisa Parish was an Estonian educator and politician.
Leopold Johannes Johanson was an Estonian politician. He was a member of I Riigikogu, II Riigikogu, III Riigikogu, IV Riigikogu, and V Riigikogu.
Richard Veermaa was an Estonian police chief and politician. He was a member of III, IV and V Riigikogu.
Karl-Ferdinand Kornel was an Estonian jurist, journalist, diplomat and politician. He was a member of the II and III Riigikogu.
Alar Karis is an Estonian molecular geneticist, developmental biologist, civil servant and politician who, since 11 October 2021, has served as the sixth president of Estonia.
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