Estonie Gouvernement Profil 2008

Capitale

nom: Tallinn
coordonnées géographiques: 59 26 N, 24 43 E
différence de temps: 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

Fête de l'Indépendance

20 Aoüt 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Fête nationale

Jour De l'Indépendance, 24 Février (1918); note - 24 Février 1918 was the date Estonia declared its independence from Soviet Russia; 20 Aoüt 1991 was the date it declared its independence from the Soviet Union

Constitution

adopted 28 Juin 1992

Suffrage - Age minimum de l'électeur

18 ans; universal for all Estonian citizens

Pouvoir exécutif

chef d'état (Président): Président Toomas Hendrik ILVES (depuis 9 October 2006)
chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Prime Minister Andrus ANSIP (depuis 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