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Estonia to get first female PM as government deal clinched
1 month ago | By Stl Today
TALLINN, Estonia - Estonia's two biggest political parties clinched a deal on Sunday to form a new government to be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country's history, replacing the previous Cabinet...
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Estonia to get 1st female PM as government deal clinched
1 month ago | By Chron
TALLINN, Estonia - Estonia's two biggest political parties say they have clinched a deal to form a new government to be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country's history, replacing the previous Cabinet that collapsed into a corruption scandal earlier this month.
The party councils of the the opposition, center-right Reform Party and the ruling. left-leaning Center Party were expected on Sunday to vote in favor of joining a Cabinet headed by Reform's prime minister-designate and chairwoman Kaja Kallas.
Both parties are set to have seven ministerial portfolios...
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