Ylle Madise elected Estonia’s new president
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- Estonia’s parliament elected 51-year-old Ylle Madise president with more than two-thirds of the vote.
- Madise, a professional lawyer, has served as the country’s chancellor of justice for the past 11 years.
- Estonia’s largely ceremonial president does not set domestic or foreign policy, and Madise will succeed Alar Karis on October 11.
Estonia’s parliament has elected 51-year-old Ylle Madise as the country’s next president with more than two-thirds of the vote.
Madise is a professional lawyer and has served as Estonia’s chancellor of justice, the country’s highest legal arbiter, for the past 11 years.
The Estonian presidency is largely ceremonial. Domestic and foreign policy powers rest with parliament and the government. Madise is regarded as liberal and addressed bureaucracy and excessive regulation in a speech to parliament on Wednesday, saying they constrain entrepreneurial initiative and damage people’s view of the state.
She will take office on October 11, when current President Alar Karis resigns. Karis was eligible to seek a second term but decided not to run.
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Originally published by 24.kg in Russian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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