Independent Royalist Party of Estonia
Independent Royalist Party of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Rojalistlik Partei) was a frivolous political party in Estonia in the 1990s. It is now defunct.[1]
The party, widely considered a humorous expression of protest, was successful in the 1992 Estonian parliamentary elections, with 32,638 votes, gaining eight seats in the parliament (Riigikogu). Its most prominent members were known humorists Priit Aimla, Kirill Teiter and Ralf Parve, and the party was led by Kalle Kulbok.
The party's official programme called for establishing Estonia as a monarchy, as modeled by Sweden and Norway.
In practice, the party's main achievement was consistent ridicule of laws its members found ridiculous, for example, getting rid of the proposed hour of prayer in the parliament by repeatedly performing a stylized "Neopagan" rite, complete with tambourine. The party also performed an "eating strike", as opposed to the simultaneous hunger strikes by some pro-Russian politicians.
List of members who served in Riigikogu
- Priit Aimla
- Tõnu Kõrda
- Lembit Küüts
- Mihkel Kraav
- Vambola Põder
- Rein Kikerpill
- Kalle Kulbok
- Ralf Parve
- Vilja Savisaar
- Kirill Teiter
References
- ^ "Eesti erakondade ajalugu". erakonnad.instituut.ee. Archived from the original on 2007-12-10. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
External links
- Estonian Royalist Party entry at Eesti Erakondade Ajalugu
- Results of Riigikogu elections of 1992 at Eesti Erakondade Ajalugu
- 15 aastat Riigikogu — seadused ja skandaalid by Peeter Raidla
- Kuningatiitliga Kirill Teiter end naljameheks ei pea by Piret Reiljan
- v
- t
- e
- Estonian Reform Party (37)
- Conservative People's Party of Estonia (17)
- Estonian Centre Party (16)
- Estonia 200 (14)
- Social Democratic Party (9)
- Isamaa (8)
- Estonian Reform Party (2)
- Social Democratic Party (2)
- Estonian Centre Party (1)
- Conservative People's Party of Estonia (1)
- Isamaa (1)
(1905–1940)
- Christian People's Party
- Communist Party
- Demobilised Soldiers' Union
- Democratic Bloc
- Democratic Party
- Economic Group
- Farmers' Assemblies
- German-Baltic Party
- Independent Socialist Workers' Party
- Labour Party
- Landlords' Party
- National Centre Party
- National Liberal Party
- Patriotic League
- People's Party
- Radical Democratic Party
- Radical Socialist Party
- Russian National Union
- Settlers' Party
- Social Democratic Workers' Party
- Social Travaillist Party
- Socialist Revolutionary Party
- Socialist Workers' Party
- Swedish People's League
- Tenants' Union
- Union of Settlers and Smallholders
- Vaps Movement
(since 1988)
- Biodiversity Party
- Coalition Party
- Communist Party
- Communist Party (CPSU)
- Constitution Party
- Democratic Labour Party
- Free Party
- Independence Party
- Independent Royalist Party
- Left Party
- Liberal Democratic Party
- Libertas
- National Independence Party
- Party of Estonian Christian Democrats
- People's Party of Republicans and Conservatives
- People's Union
- Popular Front
- Pro Patria Union
- Republican Party
- Res Publica Party
- Russian Party
- Russian Social Democratic Party
- Social Democratic Independence Party
- Portal:Politics
- List of political parties
- Politics of Estonia
This article about an Estonian political party is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e