Baku 23° C
First female president elected in Estonia
Other countries
- 03 October, 2016
- 13:31
Baku. 3 October. REPORT.AZ/ Estonian parliament on Friday elected the country's first female head of state.
Report informs citing the RIA Novosti, Kersti Kaljulaid, 46, a former EU budget auditor, received 81 votes in the election for the five-year presidential term, well above the two-thirds majority of 68 required.
The office is largely symbolic in the Baltic country although it gained weight after outgoing President Toomas Hendrik Ilves carved a role as an outspoken critic of Russia and a campaigner for government digitalisation and cybersecurity.
Author
Latest News
19:00
Serbia, Montenegro exchange claims over 'hybrid war'
Other countries18:53
Azerbaijani junior boxers win 13 medals at Nations Cup
Individual sports18:38
Azerbaijani banks earned 70 gapiks per $100 in sales and purchases in 2025
Finance18:33
Mstyslav Banik: Fundamental changes to occur in Ukraine's military mobilization system
Other countries18:20
Macron: Iran's enriched uranium should be 'neutralized'
Other countries18:11
Germany expects Azerbaijani President to visit Berlin this year
Foreign policy18:09
Lithuanian Embassy in Azerbaijan to suspend consular services for 3 weeks
Foreign policy17:50
Horlemann: German companies contracted about 2BCM of gas annually from SOCAR
Foreign policy17:42