Estonian Reform Party

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**Eesti Reformierakond**


Leadership	Andrus Ansip
Founded	1991
Political Ideology	Classical liberalism
International Affiliation	Liberal International
European Affiliation	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
Euro. Parliament Group	ALDE
Colours	Blue and Yellow
Headquarters	Tõnismägi 9 Tallinn 10119
Website	www.reform.ee

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The Estonian Reform Party (Estonian: Eesti Reformierakond) is a free market liberal party in Estonia. The party has been a full member of Liberal International since 1996, having been an observer member between 1990-1996, and a full member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.

It is led by Andrus Ansip, and has 19 out of 101 seats in the Riigikogu. The party has been in a coalition government several times: from 1995 to 1997 with the now defunct Estonian Coalition Party, from March, 1999 to December, 2001 in a tripartite government with Pro Patria and People's Party Moderates, from January, 2002 to March, 2003 with the Estonian Centre Party, and from March 2003 to March, 2005 with Res Publica and People's Union. Ansip has been prime minister of Estonia since April, 2005, and several other cabinet members, including Urmas Paet, are members of the party. Ideologically, the Reform Party is representative of the liberal conservative and libertarian thinking of economists Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman. Since the mid-1990s, the Reform Party has participated in most of the government coalitions in Estonia, so its influence in politics has been great, especially regarding Estonia's business friendly economic policy and conservative fiscal policy.

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Reform Party official site

Political Parties in Estonia
Represented in the Riigikogu:	Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica (32) \| Reform (22) \| Centre (22) \| People's Union (14) \| Social Democratic (9) \| independent members (2)
Represented in the European Parliament:	Social Democratic (3) \| Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica (1) \| Centre (1) \| Reform (1)
Other parties:	Christian Democrats \| Independence \| Left \| Constitution
Historical parties:	People's Party of Republicans and Conservatives \| Pro Patria \| Res Publica \| Estonian Coalition Party \| Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party