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The president of the Republic of Estonia is the head of state of the Republic of Estonia. The current president is Alar Karis, elected by Parliament on 31 August 2021, replacing Kersti Kaljulaid.
Alar Karis 2024
Estonia's Presidential Palace in Kadriorg Park
Konstantin Päts
Lennart Meri 1998
Lennart Meri
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Lennart Georg Meri was an Estonian writer, film director, and statesman. He was the country's foreign minister from 1990 to 1992 and President of Estonia from 1992 to 2001.
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…Kint in 1971, then to Heinrich Mark in 1990. In October 1992, Mark handed over his credentials to the newly elected president of the restored republic, Lennart Meri. After Estonia regained independence, a new constitution was adopted in 1992 that was based on a mixture of the 1920 and 1938 documents. During the…
Meri in 1999
Enn Säde and Lennart Meri in 2002
Meri in Osnabrück, Germany, in 1998, 350 years after the Peace of Westphalia
Meri's grave at Forest Cemetery in Tallinn.