Estonia Governo Profilo 2008

Capitale

nome: Tallinn
coordinate geografiche: 59 26 N, 24 43 E
differenza di tempo: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Indipendenza

20 Agosto 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Festa nazionale

Giorno Di Indipendenza, 24 Febbraio (1918); note - 24 Febbraio 1918 was the date Estonia declared its independence from Soviet Russia; 20 Agosto 1991 was the date it declared its independence from the Soviet Union

Costituzione

adopted 28 Giugno 1992

Suffragio

18 anni; universal for all Estonian citizens

Ramo esecutivo

capo dello stato: Presidente Toomas Hendrik ILVES (da allora 9 October 2006)
capo di governo: Prime Minister Andrus ANSIP (da allora 12 April 2005)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister, approved by Parliament
elections: president elected by Parliament for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); if a candidate does not secure two-thirds of the votes after three rounds of balloting in the Parliament, 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; election last held 23 September 2006 (next to be held in the fall of 2011); prime minister nominated by the president and approved by Parliament
election results: Toomas Hendrik ILVES elected president on 23 September 2006 by a 345-member electoral assembly; ILVES received 174 votes to incumbent Arnold RUUTEL's 162; remaining 9 ballots left blank or invalid