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 | | The supreme judiciary court is the National Court or Riigikohus, with 17 justices whose chairman is appointed by the parliament for life on nomination by the president. | | | Estonia is a constitutional democracy, with a president elected by its unicameral parliament (elections every five years). | | | The government or the executive branch is formed by the prime minister, nominated by the president, and a total of 14 ministers. |
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| | Valdas Adamkus, President of the Republic of Lithuania | | | Speech of the President of the Republic of Lithuania on accepting The Man of the Year Award » | | | © 2006 Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania |
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| | Estonia > Politics > Administration > President > Basic information |
| | According to the constitution the President is the head of Estonian state and has the authority to: | | | The President is elected by the Riigikogu, or, in certain cases described further, by the Electoral Body. | | | Chairman of Estonian SSR 12th Supreme Soviet / Republic of Estonia Supreme Council, 1990-1992; member of Constitutional Assembly, 1991-1992; member of the 8th Riigikogu, 1995-1999, Vice-President, 1995-1997; member of the 9th Riigikogu, 1999-2001. |
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http://www.balticdata.info/estonia/politics/estonia_politics_administration_president_basic_information.htm
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| | President of Estonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The President elected by Parliament (Riigikogu) for a five-year term; if he or she does not secure two-thirds of the votes after three rounds of balloting, then an electoral assembly (made up of Parliament plus members of local governments) elects the president, choosing between the two candidates with the largest percentage of votes. | | | The current President is Arnold Rüütel, who was elected to the post by an electoral college on 21 September 2001. | | | The President of Estonia is the head of state of the Republic of Estonia. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Estonia
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| | This university is home to several of Estonia’s greatest friends several of whom are in the audience today. | | | POE- The negotiations have lasted quite a long time. | | | Last year in August, in an historic deal that was brokered in part by the United States, the Russian Federation withdrew the last occupying troops from our country. |
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| | The President of Estonia 1992-2001 - Speeches |
| | Second, the establishment of the Court of the Constitution. | | | This institution would also remove the danger that some overbearing Prime Minister, Parliament leader or President could reach for the power that is not his according to the Constitution. | | | Now, it is time to congratulate Arnold Rüütel, who is assuming office, the 17th Head of State and the third President of the Republic of Estonia, who will now be safeguarding the continuity and the good renown of the state. |
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| | Välisministeerium : Finnish President to visit Estonia |
| | Wednesday morning, the Presidents will travel to Tartu, where they will meet with the Rector of the University of Tartu Jaak Aaviksoo and the Mayor of Tartu Andrus Ansip. | | | Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja will also be accompanying the President. | | | Ingrid Rüütel in honour of the President of the Republic of Finland and Dr. Pentti Arajärvi - Theatre "Vanalinnastuudio", White Hall |
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| | Search Results for presidents - Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Exhibit featuring the view of the east front of the White House by British-born architect and civil engineer Benjamin Henry Latrobe, appointed by President Thomas Jefferson for its completion, presented by the Library of Congress, based in Washington, D.C. Also provides a brief historical background. | | | advisory commission established on December 14, 1961, by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to investigate questions regarding women's equality in education, in the workplace, and under the law. | | | On Jan. 7, 1999, the U.S. Senate convened as a court to try articles of impeachment against Democratic Pres. |
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http://www.britannica.com/search?ct=vastvideo&query=presidents&ref=news0704v...
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| | BBC NEWS Europe Estonia mourns ex-president Meri |
| | "In his nine years as head of state, Meri both restored the presidency and built up the Republic of Estonia in the widest sense," said his successor, President Arnold Ruutel, in a speech on national television. | | | Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga said "the world has lost a great Estonian, a great statesman and a true European". | | | He died early on Tuesday morning in a hospital in Tallinn "after a long and serious illness", the president's office said in a statement. |
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| | Full text database of of Estonian legal acts maintained by the Institute of Baltic Studies and Supreme Court of Estonia. | | | British Law Association for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (BELLA) | | | "The aim of the Association is to encourage and assist professional relationships between lawyers in the United Kingdom and lawyers in the States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and to assist the development of the legal profession in these countries." |
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http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/europe/estonia.html
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| | Former president Lennart Meri has died in the capital Tallinn at the age of 76 after a long illness. | | | Former President Lennart Meri, a key figure in Estoniaâs independence movement during the Soviet occupation, has died at the age of 76. | | | Estonia's Former President Lennart Meri Dies at 76 |
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| | MINELRES - Estonia |
| | Letters of 6 April 1993 to the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, as well as the letters of reply, and Comments on the Conclusions and Recommendations of the Mission of the CSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities by the Russian Federation | | | Written Declaration No. 289: Amendments to some Estonian laws violate the rights of minorities (8 February 1999) | | | Letter to Minister for Foreign Affairs, May 21, 1997 |
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| | The head of state, the president, is elected for a five-year term by parliament. | | | Estonia became a member of NATO on 29 March 2004. | | | In September 2001, Arnold R& was elected president of Estonia. |
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| | Office of the President of the Millennium Assembly | | | Visit of H.E. President of the General Assembly | | | Toomas Savi, President of the Riigikogu and Mr. |
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| | This is the site for the highest court of Estonia, the Supreme Court. | | | This is the official site for the Office of the President of Estonia. | | | A biography of the President and family can also be found, as well as the history of the office and the residence of the President at Kadriorg. |
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http://www.halldor.demon.co.uk/resource.htm
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| | BBC News EUROPE No new president for Estonia yet |
| | Neither of the two candidates - the deputy parliamentary speaker, Peeter Kreitzberg, and a university professor, Peeter Tulviste - received the required two-thirds majority. | | | In a first round of voting on Monday, neither Mr Kreitzberg nor his nearest rival the former prime minister, Andres Tarand achieved two-thirds of the vote. | | | Parliamentary deputies in Estonia have again failed in a second round of voting to elect a new president for the Baltic country. |
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| | Media - The President of Estonia Arnold Rüütel gives a lecture in Jyväskylä on cooperation in the ... |
| | The lecture is held in November because Presidents of the Republics of Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland and Estonia came to Jyväskylä in 8.11.1999 for the tenth anniversary of the end of cold war. | | | Before his lecture, President Rüütel and his party will get acquainted with Jyväskylä and open Estonian artist Valli Lember-Bogatkina’s exhibition in the foyer of the University’s Main Building. | | | In 1994-2000 President Rüütel was the chairman of the Estonian Rural People’s Party, named the Estonian People’s Union since 1999, and has led independent Estonia’s integration with the west. |
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| | Lennart Meri - Former President of Estonia |
| | The Parliament, however, was dominated by parties aligned with Isamaa, and elected him president on October 5, 1992. | | | After Estonia's first free elections in 1990, Meri entered politics and was appointed Foreign Minister that year. | | | After Estonia became independent in 1991, Meri was appointed Ambassador to Finland in 1992. |
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| | Nearing the end of his second term in office, President Lennart Meri looks back at Estonia’s remarkable economic and political progress in the ten years since independence, and shares his views on the obstacles still ahead, on EU and NATO integration, and on certain American TV shows. | | | That is an achievement of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.” | | | When Estonia regained independence in 1991, the United States reinstated diplomatic relations with the country. |
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| | Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia at the Spring Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Sintra, Portugal. | | | Statement by His Excellency Lennart Meri, President of Estonia at the Meeting of Heads of States and Governments of member-countries of the Council of Euro-Atlantic Partnership in Madrid, Spain. | | | Remarks by Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia at the Foreign Ministers Meetings of the EAPC. |
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| | Rotary International: Newsroom: RI President awards Estonia leader |
| | On 5 August, RI President Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar awarded the Rotary International Award of Honor — RI's highest honor — to Estonian President Arnold Rüütel. | | | Previous recipients of the award include United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, former South Africa President Nelson Mandela, and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. | | | Among the Rotarians present were District 1420 officers including current governor Börje Thorström, past governor Kari Tallberg, as well as Tallinn club representatives such as current president Rein Volt, and past presidents Raivo Hellermaa (who served at the time of the club's re-chartering), and Andres Sauter. |
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| | Välisministeerium : China's president to visit Estonia |
| | On Wednesday 12 July, President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China will arrive in Estonia, accompanied by vice premier of the State Council Qian Qichen, foreign minister Tang Jiaxuan, minister in charge of State Development Planning Commission Zeng Peiyan, minister of foreign trade and economic co-operation Shi Guangshen and other high officials. | | | During the two day visit Jiang Zemin will meet with President of the Republic Arnold Rüütel, Chairman of the Riigikogu Toomas Savi, Prime Minister Siim Kallas and former president Lennart Meri. | | | In the course of the visit the foreign ministers will sign the bilateral agreement on mutual judicial assistance in criminal matters. |
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| | The Supreme Court of the Republic of Estonia: Composition, competences of the Court; text of the Constitution; decisions of the Constitutional Review Chamber. | | | Estonia official State web Centre (with a list of links to the country's national, regional and local institutions, government departments, and other organisations such as political parties) | | | Parliament of Estonia web-page: These pages contain information on the "Riigikogu", the Estonian Parliament |
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http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/inst/MGP/NCR/estonia6.htm
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| | The country will hold a presidential election this year, and politicians are up in arms over who should be the next head of state. | | | Ukrainian newly appointed Ambassador to Estonia presents credentials to President of Estonia | | | Only 4 Finnish Euro-MPs would ratify constitutional treaty |
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| | All three Baltic States first became independent from Russia in 1918. | | | Which of the following is the president of Estonia? | | | At which age do Estonian children start school? |
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| | Estonia: Heading West and Relating with the East |
| | When asked about Lithuania’s recent efforts to focus more on its own NATO membership than on a regional approach in which all Baltic states would join NATO together, President Meri explained that he preferred a regional approach but commented that both Lithuania and Latvia continue to support Estonian membership. | | | A Discussion with Lennart Meri, President of Estonia | | | President Meri ended his remarks with a brief outlook on Estonian-Russian relations. |
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| | GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Estonia |
| | Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Estonia (New York University Law Library) | | | Riigikohus / Supreme Court of Estonia - includes decisions, translations and various acts, including the Constitutional Review Court Procedure Act | | | Country Study: Estonia (Library of Congress) January 1995 |
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| | Estonian President Lennart Meri's Speech to 1998 NATO Workshop, Vienna, Austria |
| | When I signed with President Clinton the Baltic-U.S. Charter in Washington, Mr. | | | The Baltic States and the Nordic countries have also improved their security environment by actively participating in the debate for regional security and confidence-building measures. | | | Estonian President Lennart Meri's Speech to 1998 NATO Workshop, Vienna, Austria |
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| | We will continue our negotiations with the participation of the delegations. | | | Joint press conference of the President of Armenia Robert Kocharian and President of Iran Mohammad Khatami | | | Joint press conference of the President of Armenia Robert Kocharian and President of Estonia Arnold Ruukel |
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| | president of the Bank of Estonia, as his candidate for... | | | Estonia became a member of NATO on 29 March 2004. | | | Lonely Planet Estonia Latvia & Lithuania (Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) |
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| | Proclaimed as Law by the President of Estonia | | | 6) Law on Amendments to the Republic of Estonia | | | 3) has acted against the state of Estonia and its security; |
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| | NATO Press Release (96)42 |
| | Departure of the President of Estonia at about 10:55. | | | Introductory remarks by the Secretary General and the Dean of the North Atlantic Council, followed by reply by President Meri. | | | Lennart Meri, will come to NATO Headquarters on 27 March 1996 to meet the Secretary General. |
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| | Townhall.com :: AP - Estonia's Ex-President Lennart Meri Dies |
| | "The President of the Republic and the Office of the President express deep condolences to the family and relatives of President Meri," the statement said. | | | Meri, a statesman, writer and filmmaker who was president of Estonia from 1992 to 2001, died overnight at a hospital in Tallinn after a long illness, the presidential office said Tuesday. | | | He later became one of the leaders of the Baltic country's independence movement and was Estonia's first president after the Soviet collapse. |
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| | FILE** Lennart Meri, President of Estonia, smiles after he received... | | | labor camp in Siberia, Meri became Estonia's first president after the country regained independence, serving from 1992-2001. | | | President Lennart Meri (1929 - 2006) Estonia's former President Lennart Meri died at the age of 76 of a serious illness early Tuesday morning. |
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| | Toomas Hiio (Chanchellory of the President of Estonia) | | | on the awards of the President of Estonia for the academic year 2002/2003. | | | Negotiations with partners - the Köber Foundation, the Office of the President of Estonia, the Estonian Ministry of Education, the Estonian History Teachers' Association |
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| | President of Estonia: Baltic is not an enemy of Russia - Politics - REGNUM |
| | REGNUM » News » ПОЛИТИКА » President of Estonia: Baltic… | | | On December 30, Estonian President Arnold Ruutel in an interview to Postimees stated that it is a mistake to think that all Baltic countries are Russia’s enemies. | | | President of Estonia: Baltic is not an enemy of Russia - Politics - REGNUM |
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| | TALLINN, Estonia ⓠIsraeli President Moshe Katzav began his first official visit to Estonia yesterday, his first step entailing a meeting with Arnold Rüütel, the President of Estonia. | | | The Synagogue will serve as a comprehensive center to serve the needs of the 3,000 Jews currently residing in Estonia. | | | The highlight of this presidential visit came when President Katzav took part in the ceremony for laying the first stone into the foundation of Tallinn's new Synagogue ⓠthe first Jewish place of worship to be built in the country since World War Two. |
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| | Estonia's Ex-President Lennart Meri Dies ABC News - TALLINN, Estonia — Former President Lennart Meri, a key figure in Estonia's independence movement during the Soviet occupation, has died He was 76 Meri, a statesman, writer and filmmaker who was president of Estonia from 1992 to | | | Obituary: Lennart Meri MSN MoneyCentral - Lennart Meri, the first president of newly independent Estonia, died on Tuesday at the age of 76, leaving the nation mourning a statesman who steered the Baltic country from Soviet occupation to independence and partnership with the west Estonia | | | First post-Soviet Estonia leader dies CNN - TALLINN, Estonia Former President Lennart Meri, a writer, film director and statesman whose relentless struggle against communist oppression helped the Baltic nation break free from the Soviet Union in 1991, has died, the presidential office |
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| | News from Poland - President Kwasniewski visits Estonia |
| | While in the Estonian capital, president Kwasniewski will also discuss bilateral political and economic issues. | | | News from Poland - President Kwasniewski visits Estonia | | | Poland and Estonia are interested in good cooperation between the European Union and Russia, said both countries' presidents in Tallinn. |
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| | Christmas in Estonia |
| | Each year on December 24 the President of Estonia declares Christmas Peace and attends a Christmas service. | | | Declaring a Christmas Peace is a 350 year old tradition which began in the seventeenth century by order of Queen Kristina of Sweden. | | | Estonia's first public Christmas tree was placed in front of the Town Hall in Tallinn in 1441, however, Christmas trees in the home didn't become popular until the 19th century. |
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| | BONJOUR L'ESTONIE: PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT OF ESTONIA ON INDEPENDENCE DAY |
| | * President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a message of felicitations to the President of Estonia Arnold Ruutel on the occassion of the Estonia’s Independence Day. | | | Comments are moderated, and will not appear on this weblog until the author has approved them. | | | He wished his Estonian counterpart good health and success in work, and the people of Estonia happines and prosperity. |
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| | The Detroit-Windsor Chapter had the president of Estonia pianos as a distinguished guest, last spring. | | | During the chat session with the president of Estonia pianos, we learned that the Estonia was the "state piano" for the Soviet Union. | | | Now that Estonia is a sovereign state, they *could* make upright pianos, but they've decided not to for the time-being. |
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| | Election Reports - Estonia (from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) | | | Estonia: Selected Internet Resources (Library of Congress Portals to the World) | | | Maps of Estonia (from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin) |
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| | Estonia´s economic success has been built on stable currency, liberal foreign trade regime, liberalisation of prices, abolition of state subsidies, fast privatisation and effective bankruptcy legislation. | | | This changed the competition conditions for the companies, increased export opportunities from one side and introduced quotas and import duties from the other side. | | | Sound and liberal economic policies and excellent business climate has ensured a continuous growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Estonia. |
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