Estonian Centre Party
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Key facts
- Leader
- Mihhail Kõlvart
- Founder
- Edgar Savisaar
- Founded
- 12 October 1991 ; 34 years ago ( 1991-10-12 )
- Split from
- Popular Front of Estonia
- Headquarters
- Narva mnt. 31-M1, Tallinn 10120
- Newspaper
- Kesknädal
- Youth wing
- Estonian Centre Party Youth
- Membership 2024
- 12,308
- Ideology
- Populism Conservatism
- Political position
- Centre
- European affiliation
- None , (since 2024)
- European parliament group
- Renew Europe and European Conservatives and Reformists
- Colours
- Green
- Riigikogu
- 7 / 101
- European parliament
- 1 / 7
- Municipalities
- 197 / 1,688
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- political party
- Country
- Estonia
- Founded by
- Edgar Savisaar
- Headquarters
- Tallinn
- Chairperson
- Mihhail Kõlvart
- Follows
- Popular Front of Estonia
- Official website
- keskerakond.ee
- Political ideology
- populism
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- inception
- 1991-10-12
- sRGB color hex triplet
- 00AB53
- Commons category
- Estonian Centre Party
- member count
- 14322
- native label
- Eesti Keskerakond
- political alignment
- centrism
- short name
- KESK
- number of seats in assembly
- 1
- number of viewers/listeners
- 4909353
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Encyclopedic overview
Headquarters of the Estonian Centre Party in Tallinn The Estonian Centre Party (Estonian: Eesti Keskerakond, EK) is a populist political party in Estonia. It was founded in 1991 as a direct successor of the Popular Front of Estonia, and it is currently led by Mihhail Kõlvart. The party was founded on 12 October 1991 from the basis of the Popular Front of Estonia after several parties split from it. At that time, the party was called the People's Centre Party (Rahvakeskerakond) to differentiate from the smaller centre-right Rural Centre Party (Maa-Keskerakond). The party was a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe until 14 September 2024; on 14 March 2026, the party voted to begin negotiations to join the European Conservatives and Reformists Party.
History
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