Estonian Centre Party

Estonian Centre Party

Eesti Keskerakond
Estonian Centre Party Eesti Keskerakond
Leader	Mihhail Kõlvart
Founder	Edgar Savisaar
Founded	12 October 1991
Split from	Popular Front of Estonia
Headquarters	Narva mnt. 31-M1, Tallinn 10120
Newspaper	Kesknädal
Youth wing	Estonian Centre Party Youth
Membership (2021)	14,732
Ideology	Populism; Factions:; Liberalism; Conservatism;
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
European Parliament group	Renew Europe
Colours	Green
Riigikogu	6 / 101
Municipalities	247 / 1,717
European Parliament	1 / 7
Party flag
Website
	keskerakond.ee
	Politics of Estonia; Political parties; Elections; ^ A: Pundits and experts note that the party has a conservative mainly Russian-speaking wing and a liberal mainly Estonian-speaking wing, heavily highlighted amidst the 2023 leadership election between Mihhail Kõlvart and Tanel Kiik.;

The Estonian Centre Party (Estonian: Eesti Keskerakond, EK) is a populist political party in Estonia.^[6] It was founded in 1991 as a direct successor of the Popular Front of Estonia, and it is currently led by Mihhail Kõlvart.^[7]

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). It is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and Renew Europe. From 3 June 2022, the party has been in opposition to the second and third Kallas government.

^ "The list of the members: Eesti Keskerakond". e-business register. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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^ Santana, Andrés; Zagórski, Piotr; Rama, José (2 April 2020). "At odds with Europe: explaining populist radical right voting in Central and Eastern Europe". East European Politics. 36 (2): 288–309. doi:10.1080/21599165.2020.1737523. ISSN 2159-9165. S2CID 216476001.
^ [1], Postimees, 5 November 2016

[1] "The list of the members: Eesti Keskerakond". e-business register. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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[6] Santana, Andrés; Zagórski, Piotr; Rama, José (2 April 2020). "At odds with Europe: explaining populist radical right voting in Central and Eastern Europe". East European Politics. 36 (2): 288–309. doi:10.1080/21599165.2020.1737523. ISSN 2159-9165. S2CID 216476001.

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