2012 in Estonia

The following lists events that happened during 2012 in Estonia.

Incumbents

• President: Toomas Hendrik Ilves
• Prime Minister: Andrus Ansip

Events

• Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 - Estonia is represented by Ott Lepland with "Kuula", it places 6th with 120 points.
• Aleksei Dressen, a former Estonian Internal Security Service officer, is convicted of spying on Estonia for the Federal Security Service and is sentenced to 16 years in prison at the Harju County Court.
• 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

• 24 April – Erast Parmasto, botanist and mycologist (b. 1928)
• 17 July – Raimund Hagelberg, economist and professor (b. 1927)

See also

• 2012 in Estonian football
• 2012 in Estonian television

References