Urmas Sukles to Run for Riigikogu in Centre Party Slate

Former Haapsalu Mayor Urmas Sukles has announced that he will join the Centre Party on 16 June 2026 and intends to run as a candidate in the party's slate for the next Riigikogu elections. The 67-year-old politician lost the Haapsalu mayoral election last October, ending a leadership period spanning more than a quarter-century in the resort town.

Former Haapsalu Mayor Urmas Sukles announced that he intends to join the Centre Party and set his sights on the next Riigikogu elections. The 67-year-old politician confirmed that he will sign the application to join the party on 16 June 2026.

"If this interview is published after 16 June, I can say that on that day I will sign the application to join the Centre Party," said Sukles, adding that he will in all likelihood run as a candidate in the party's slate for Riigikogu elections.

A turning point in Sukles's political career came last October when he acknowledged electoral defeat in Haapsalu. This marked the end of Sukles's era spanning more than a quarter-century leading the resort town, a period that shaped Haapsalu's development significantly.