Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic

Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR
Estonian SSR (1940–1941, 1944–1990)  Estonia (1990–1992)
Emblem of the Estonian SSR
Type
Type	Supreme Soviet[1]
History
Established	1940 (First Soviet occupation) 1944 (1947) (Second Soviet occupation)
Disbanded	1941 (German occupation) 1992
Preceded by	Riigikogu
Succeeded by	Riigikogu
Elections
Voting system	Direct elections (1940–1985) Direct single transferable vote (1990)
Last election	1990
Meeting place
Toompea Castle in Tallinn, Estonia

The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (Estonian: Eesti NSV Ülemnõukogu) was the formal rubber stamp legislative body of the Estonian SSR without any substantive meaning, which was formally elected in general elections, but whose members were essentially appointed by the leadership of the Communist Party. Before 1988, the Supreme Soviet had no meaningful political role.^[2] After its first democratic elections on 18 March 1990, the institution was renamed the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia on 8 May 1990.^{[Note 1]}

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