Estonian Free Party

Estonian Free Party
Eesti Vabaerakond
Estonian nameEesti Vabaerakond
LeaderHeiki Lill
Founded20 September 2014 (2014-09-20)
Dissolved20 August 2020 (2020-08-20)
Split fromPro Patria and Res Publica Union[1]
Merged intoEstonian Party for the Future
HeadquartersKoidu tn 23, Tallinn
Membership (2019)Decrease 534[2]
IdeologyConservatism[3]
Conservative liberalism[4]
Populism[5]
Political positionCentre-right[4]
Colours  Blue
Website
www.vabaerakond.ee

The Estonian Free Party (Estonian: Eesti Vabaerakond) was an Estonian centre-right political party founded in 2014. The last chairman of the party was Heiki Lill.[6] The party gained 8 seats after passing the 5-percent threshold in the 2015 Estonian parliamentary elections.

The party received 6,461 votes in the 2019 Estonian parliamentary election and fell out of the parliament.

On 20 August 2020, the party merged with the Estonian Biodiversity Party to form the Estonian Party for the Future.[7]

  1. ^ Mälskoo, Lauri; Schneider, Thomas (March 2015). "Estonia's view to the west". Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
  2. ^ "Äriregistri teabesüsteem" (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Estonia". Parties and Elections in Europe.
  4. ^ a b Henningsen, Bernd (2017). The Baltic Sea Region: A Comprehensive Guide. BMV Verlag. p. 328.
  5. ^ Hyndle-Hussein, Joanna (2015-03-04). "The parliamentary elections in Estonia". Centre for Eastern Studies.
  6. ^ "Vabaerakonna uueks juhiks sai Heiki Lill". Postimees. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Free Party and Biodiversity Party merger officially agreed". ERR. 20 August 2020.