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2014 in Estonia

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Other events of 2014Timeline of Estonian history

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in the Republic of Estonia.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President: Toomas Hendrik Ilves
  • Prime Minister: Andrus Ansip (until 26 March), Taavi Rõivas (starting 26 March)

    • February

  • February 23 - Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip announces that he will be leaving office before scheduled parliamentary elections in 2015.

    • March

  • March 4 - Andrus Ansip resigns after nine years as prime minister of Estonia.
  • March 26 - Taavi Rõivas is sworn in as Prime Minister of Estonia, succeeding Andrus Ansip and becoming the youngest government leader in the European Union at 34 years.

    • September

  • September 3 - The President of the United States, Barack Obama, visits Estonia in a move to reassure the Baltic states ahead of a NATO summit in Wales.
  • September 5 - Eston Kohver is abducted by gunpoint from the Estonian side of the border by the FSB.

    • October

  • October 9 - Estonia becomes the first former Soviet republic to legalize gay partnerships and grant equal rights to same-sex couples.
  • October 27 - The first school shooting in Estonia takes place in Viljandi.

    • References

    2014 in Estonia Wikipedia
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