Estonia elects Toomas Hendrik Ilves as President
{{date|September 23, 2006}}

[[w:Toomas Hendrik Ilves|Toomas Hendrik Ilves]], currently a member of the European Parliament, was elected today to be the fourth President of [[w:Estonia|Estonia]]. In the first ballot of the third round of elections, the first one not in Parliament but in an enlarged "Election Council", Ilves, 53, received 174 votes, against his opponent, incumbent [[w:Arnold Rüütel|Arnold Rüütel]]'s 162. Ilves formerly served twice as Estonian Foreign Minister, and before that as Ambassador to the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Ilves will begin his five-year term in October.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.postimees.ee/230906/esileht/siseuudised/presidendivalimised_2006/219544.php?r
|title=Toomas Hendrik Ilves valiti 174 häälega Eesti presidendiks
|author=Mirjam Mäekivi
|pub=Postimees
|date=September 23, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://rawstory.com/news/2006/1ST_LEAD_Estonians_elect_former_exi_09232006.html
|title=1ST LEAD: Estonians elect former exile as new president
|author=Deutsche Presse Agentur
|pub=Raw Story
|date=September 23, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/23/europe/EU_POL_Estonia_Presidential_Election.php
|title=Ilves wins Estonia's presidential election
|author=The Associated Press
|pub=International Herald Tribune
|date=September 23, 2006}}

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Toomas Hendrik Ilves, currently a member of the European Parliament, was elected today to be the fourth President of Estonia. In the first ballot of the third round of elections, the first one not in Parliament but in an enlarged "Election Council", Ilves, 53, received 174 votes, against his opponent, incumbent Arnold Rüütel's 162. Ilves formerly served twice as Estonian Foreign Minister, and before that as Ambassador to the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Ilves will begin his five-year term in October.

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