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Estonian Democratic Labour Party
Eesti Demokraatlik Tööerakond
Leader Vello Saatpalu
FoundedFebruary 1989
Dissolved8 September 1989
Merged into ESDP
Ideology Social democracy
Political position Center-left
International affiliation Socialist International

The Estonian Democratic Labour Party ( Estonian: Eesti Demokraatlik Tööerakond, EDTE) was a social-democratic political party in Estonia (then the Estonian SSR). The party was founded in February 1989. The party was led by Vello Saatpalu. In June 1989, the party sent a delegation to the Socialist International congress in Stockholm. [1]

On September 8, 1989, the party merged into the Estonian Social Democratic Party. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Johansson, Karl Magnus (2008) External Legitimization and Standardization Of National Political Parties: The Case Of Estonian Social Democracy, Journal of Baltic Studies, 39:2, 157 — 183