The following lists events that happened during
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
in
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
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Incumbents
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President
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*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
*'' Præsident ...
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Toomas Hendrik Ilves (; born 26 December 1953) is an Estonian politician who served as the fourth president of Estonia from 2006 until 2016.
Ilves worked as a diplomat and journalist, and he was the leader of the Social Democratic Party in the 1 ...
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Prime Minister
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Andrus Ansip
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Events
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Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 - Estonia is represented by
Ott Lepland
Ott Lepland (born 17 May 1987) is an Estonian people, Estonian singer. He first received national mainstream attention in 2009, after winning the Eesti otsib superstaari (season 3), third season of ''Eesti otsib superstaari''. Lepland represente ...
with "Kuula", it places 6th with 120 points.
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Aleksei Dressen, a former
Estonian Internal Security Service officer, is convicted of spying on Estonia for the
Federal Security Service
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and is sentenced to 16 years in prison at the Harju County Court.
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Estonia at the 2012 Summer Olympics -
Gerd Kanter wins bronze in the
men's discus throw and
Heiki Nabi wins silver at the
men's Greco-Roman 120 kg event.
Deaths
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24 April
Events Pre-1600
*1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
* 1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ma ...
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Erast Parmasto, botanist and mycologist (b. 1928)
See also
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2012 in Estonian football
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2012 in Estonian television
This is a list of Estonian television related events from 2012.
Events
*3 March - Eesti otsib superstaari season 3 winner Ott Lepland is selected to represent Estonia at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with his song " Kuula". He is selected t ...
References
{{Year in Europe, 2012
2010s in Estonia
Estonia
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Estonia
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Years of the 21st century in Estonia