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The president of the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi President) is the head of state of the Republic of Estonia. [2] The current president is Alar Karis, elected by Parliament on 31 August 2021, replacing Kersti Kaljulaid. [3] Estonia is one of the few parliamentary republics in which the president is a ceremonial figurehead ...
By law, the president of Estonia is indirectly elected. The Riigikogu has the task of electing the president in the first instance. If no candidate receives the required supermajority of two-thirds (68 votes out of 101), the president is selected by an electoral college consisting of MPs and representatives of local (municipal) governments.
A head of state – the president – is elected for a five-year term by parliament (1st–3rd round) or an electoral college (4th and subsequent rounds). 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 ...
On 31 August 2021, Karis was elected as the president of Estonia with a two thirds majority of 72 votes in the Riigikogu. [2] [13] He assumed the office on 11 October 2021. [2] Karis meets with King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf in Tallinn, 2 May 2023. The election received criticism and calls for electoral reform due to the absence of opposing ...
Kersti Kaljulaid at the Opinion Festival 2021 in Paide, Estonia. Kersti Kaljulaid (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈkersʲːtʲi ˈkɑlʲːjuˈlɑi̯ːːt]; born 30 December 1969) is an Estonian politician who served as the fifth president of Estonia between 2016 and 2021, and was its first and only female head of state since the country declared independence in 1918.
As questions swirl around President Trump’s relationship with the Kremlin, the president of Estonia, a country on Russia’s border, dismissed concerns about American foreign policy.
A 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and a Greenland map are seen in this illustration taken Jan. 15, 2025.
Candidates have to be citizens of Estonia by birth and at least 40 years of age. The procedure for election of the President is provided in the President of the Republic Election Act. The President of the Riigikogu can also perform the duties of the President of the Republic in cases outlined in the constitution. [19]