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

Incumbents

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

Events

February

February 23 - Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip announces that he will be leaving office before scheduled parliamentary elections in 2015.^[1]

March

March 4 - Andrus Ansip resigns after nine years as prime minister of Estonia.^[2]
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.^[3]

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.^[4]
September 5 - Eston Kohver is abducted by gunpoint from the Estonian side of the border by the FSB.^[5]

October

October 9 - Estonia becomes the first former Soviet republic to legalize gay partnerships and grant equal rights to same-sex couples.^[6]
October 27 - The first school shooting in Estonia takes place in Viljandi.^[7]

References

↑ "Estonian premier Andrus Ansip signals departure". 23 February 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
↑ "Estonia PM Ansip resigns - Europe's longest-serving PM". 4 March 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
↑ "Right-Left Government Takes Office". 26 March 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
↑ "Obama: Vision of peaceful Europe threatened by "Russia's aggression"". 3 September 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
↑ Borger, Julian (8 September 2014). "Estonia says official seized by Russia was lured into FSB trap". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
↑ "Estonia same-sex law breaks taboo in former Soviet states". 9 October 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
↑ "Teacher Killed in Viljandi School Shooting; 9th Grader in Custody". 27 October 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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