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Estonian Coalition Party (" Eesti Koonderakond ") was an Estonian centrist / centre - right liberal political party . Founded in 1991 by Tiit Vähi , it disbanded in 2001 . The party was an observing ___MASK1___ of Liberal International from 1998 on . It had a contacts with parties like Latvian Way and participated in the ruling coalition of 1995 - 1999 . A party mostly uniting former ( urban ) nomenklatura and other Soviet era officials , it was closely allied with the Party of Rural People , which , however , represented more populist , centre - left ideology . Tiit Vähi ( born 10 January 1947 ) is an Estonian politician who was ___MASK57___ from 1995 to 1997 . He was also acting Prime Minister for several months during 1992 under the transitional government . Life and career . Born in Valga , Estonia , Vähi graduated from the Tallinn Technical University with a degree in Engineering . From the time of his graduation until 1992 , he served in several top managerial post with the Valga Trucking Company . Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 7 March 1999 . The elections proved disastrous for the Estonian Coalition Party , which won only seven seats together with two of its smaller allies . The Estonian Country People ' s Union , which participated the election on its own list , obtained seven seats as well . The programme of Mart Laar ' s government was signed by Pro Patria Union , Reform Party , Moderates and People ' s Party . The latter two merged soon after , so Mart Laar ' s second government is widely known as Kolmikliit , or Tripartite coalition . Notwithstanding the different political orientation of the ruling parties , the coalition stayed united until Mart Laar resigned in December 2001 , after Reform Party had broken up the same coalition in Tallinn municipality , making opposition leader Edgar Savisaar new Mayor of Tallinn . After resignation of Laar , Reform Party and Estonian Centre Party formed a coalition that lasted until next parliamentary election , 2003 .