Mihhail Kõlvart (born 24 November 1977) is an Estonian politician currently serving as the leader of the Centre Party since 2023.
[3][4] His father is the founder of the Estonian National Taekwondo Association in 1992 and was its first president from 1992 to 1996.
He studied jurisprudence and later business law at the International College of Applied Social Sciences LEX in Tallinn.
[8] Kõlvart made a name for himself as a top athlete nationally and internationally in the disciplines of boxing, kickboxing and Taekwondo, of which he has a black belt in (5th dan).
[2] On 30 September 2019, he was made an honorary citizen of Seoul, South Korea by Seoul's mayor Park Won-soon,[4] and in April 2022 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Shinhan University.
[13] On 26 March 2024, Kõlvart was removed from the office of mayor after the Social Democrats joined the opposition in the Tallinn City Council in voting for the motion of no confidence in him.