Independent Royalist Party of Estonia ( et, Eesti Rojalistlik Partei) was a

frivolous political party A frivolous party or a joke party is a political party which has been created for the purposes of entertainment or political satire. Such a party may or may not have a serious point behind its activities. This is a list of frivolous political par ...

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

in the 1990s. It is now defunct. The party, widely considered a humorous expression of protest, was successful in the 1992 Estonian parliamentary elections, with 32,638 votes, gaining 8 seats in the parliament (''

Riigikogu The Riigikogu (; from Estonian ''riigi-'', of the state, and ''kogu'', assembly) is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation, the Parliament appoints high officials, including the Prime Minister and Chief Just ...

''). Its most prominent members were known humorists

Priit Aimla Priit Aimla (born 19 April 1941 in Võru) is an Estonian writer, poet, humorist and politician known for several stage plays and books. During 1992 to 1995, he belonged to Riigikogu, having been elected as a member of the Independent Royalist ...

Kirill Teiter Kirill Teiter (25 August 1952 – 20 May 2022) was an Estonian politician and humorist. Teiter was born in Tallinn on 25 August 1952. He was a member of VII Riigikogu VII Riigikogu was the seventh legislature of Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu ...

and

Ralf Parve Ralf Parve (until 1978 Ralf Perman; 25 June 1919 Rakvere – 29 April 2011 Tallinn) was an Estonian writer. He was used several pseudonyms: Nähvits, Mart Raju, Rahula Pärn; SMERSh and KGB agent name Peiker. In 1940s he was an editor for youth j ...

, and the party was led by

Kalle Kulbok Kalle Kulbok (born 3 April 1956 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician. Education Kulbok attended the Nõo Gymnasium and achieved good results on national olympiads of mathematics. By his skills, he could have qualified for the all-Union o ...

. The party's official programme called for establishing Estonia as a

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, as modeled by Sweden and Norway. In practice, the party's main achievement was consistent ridicule of laws its members found ridiculous, for example, getting rid of the proposed hour of prayer in the parliament by repeatedly performing a stylized "Neopagan" rite, complete with tambourine. The party also performed an "eating strike", as opposed to the simultaneous hunger strikes by some pro-Russian politicians.

List of members who served in Riigikogu

Tõnu Kõrda Tõnu Kõrda (born 19 September 1952 Võru) is an Estonian politician. He was a member of VII Riigikogu VII Riigikogu was the seventh legislature of Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu The Riigikogu (; from Estonian ''riigi-'', of the state, and ...

Lembit Küüts Lembit Küüts (born 18 October 1946 Tallinn) is an Estonian artist and politician. He was a member of VII Riigikogu VII Riigikogu was the seventh legislature of Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu The Riigikogu (; from Estonian ''riigi-'', of th ...

Mihkel Kraav Mihkel Kraav (born 9 February 1966 in Tartu) is an Estonian historian, data communications specialist and politician. He was a member of VII Riigikogu VII Riigikogu was the seventh legislature of Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu The Riigikogu ...

Vambola Põder Vambola Põder (born 6 August 1929 in Tartu – 12 March 1993 Tallinn) is an Estonian journalist and politician. He was a member of VII Riigikogu VII Riigikogu was the seventh legislature of Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu The Riigikogu (; fr ...

Rein Kikerpill Rein Kikerpill (born 21 October 1962 Tallinn) is an Estonian journalist and politician. He was a member of VII Riigikogu VII Riigikogu was the seventh legislature of Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu The Riigikogu (; from Estonian ''riigi-'', o ...

Vilja Savisaar Vilja Toomast (born 15 August 1962, Antsla as Vilja Laanaru; 1996–2010 Vilja Savisaar; 2010–2015 Vilja Savisaar-Toomast) is an Estonian politician, a former Member of the European Parliament. She previously belonged to the Estonian Centre Pa ...

References

External links

Estonian Royalist Party entry at Eesti Erakondade Ajalugu

at Eesti Erakondade Ajalugu

by Peeter Raidla
Kuningatiitliga Kirill Teiter end naljameheks ei pea
by Piret Reiljan Defunct political parties in Estonia Joke political parties 1992 in Estonia Monarchist parties {{Estonia-party-stub