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First female president elected in Estonia
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- 03 October, 2016
- 13:31
Baku. 3 October. REPORT.AZ/ Estonian parliament on Friday elected the country's first female head of state.
Report informs citing the RIA Novosti, Kersti Kaljulaid, 46, a former EU budget auditor, received 81 votes in the election for the five-year presidential term, well above the two-thirds majority of 68 required.
The office is largely symbolic in the Baltic country although it gained weight after outgoing President Toomas Hendrik Ilves carved a role as an outspoken critic of Russia and a campaigner for government digitalisation and cybersecurity.
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