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2015 in Estonia 
Summary
The following lists events and other items of interest occurring during 2015 in Estonia.
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
March edit
- 1 March - Parliamentary elections are held. The ruling Reform Party wins the elections, but loses the majority that it has had with its current coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party; for the first time in many years, two new parties cross the election threshold, the right-of-centre Free Party and the eurosceptic Conservative People's Party of Estonia.[1]
Deaths edit
- 27 January - Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar, 83, film director[2]
- 21 June - Arved Viirlaid, 93, Estonian-Canadian writer[3]
- 30 July - Endel Lippmaa, 84, scientist and politician[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Ruling Reform Party wins Estonian election, fending off challenge from archrival Center". March 2015.
- ^ "In Memory of a Man they Just Couldn't Gag: Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar (1931-2015), RIP". Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
- ^ Suri Arved Viirlaid (in Estonian)
- ^ Academic and politician Endel Lippmaa dies