Prime Minister Of Estonia: Head of Government in Estonia
The Prime Minister of Estonia (Estonian: peaminister, literally Main Minister or Head Minister) is the head of government of the Republic of Estonia.
The prime minister is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Parliament.
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia Eesti Vabariigi peaminister | |
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| Member of | European Council |
| Residence | Stenbock House, Tallinn |
| Appointer | President of Estonia |
| Term length | No term limits. Parliamentary elections held every four years. |
| Inaugural holder | Konstantin Päts |
| Formation | 24 February 1918 |
| Salary | €5,288 monthly |
| Website | http://valitsus.ee/ |
The current Prime Minister is Kaja Kallas of the Reform Party.
List of prime ministers (since 1990)
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Riigikogu (Election) | Separate head of state | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||||
| 2nd Soviet Occupation (See Estonian Government in Exile) | |||||||||
| — |  | Edgar Savisaar (b. 1950) 1st Prime Minister of the Interim Government | 3 April 1990 | 29 January 1992 | 668 | Popular Front of Estonia (ERR) Estonian People's Centre Party (ERKE) | Savisaar Interim various coalition partners | Supreme Soviet (1990) | Chairman of the Supreme Soviet |
| Chairman of the Supreme Council Arnold Rüütel | |||||||||
| — |  | Tiit Vähi (b. 1947) 2nd Prime Minister of the Interim Government | 29 January 1992 | 21 October 1992 | 266 | None | Vähi Interim various coalition partners | ||
| President Lennart Georg Meri (1992–2001) | |||||||||
| 9 |  | Mart Laar (b. 1960) 9th Prime Minister | 21 October 1992 | 8 November 1994 | 749 | Pro Patria (I) Pro Patria National Coalition Party (RKEI) | Laar I I–M–ERSP | VII (1992) | |
| 10 |  | Andres Tarand (b. 1940) 10th Prime Minister | 8 November 1994 | 17 April 1995 | 161 | Moderates (M) | Tarand M–RKEI–ERSP–ELDP–VKRE | ||
| 11 | | Tiit Vähi (b. 1947) 11th Prime Minister (2nd term) | 17 April 1995 | 6 November 1995 | 701 | Coalition Party and Country People's Alliance (KMÜ) | Vähi I KMÜ–EKE | VIII (1995) | |
| 6 November 1995 | 17 March 1997 | Vähi II KMÜ–ERE KMÜ KMÜ–AP | |||||||
| 12 |  | Mart Siimann (b. 1946) 12th Prime Minister | 17 March 1997 | 25 March 1999 | 739 | Coalition Party and Country People's Alliance (KMÜ) | Siimann KMÜ–AP | ||
| 13 | | Mart Laar (b. 1960) 13th Prime Minister (2nd term) | 25 March 1999 | 28 January 2002 | 1,041 | Pro Patria Union (IL) | Laar II IL–RM–ERE | IX (1999) | |
| President Arnold Rüütel (2001–2006) | |||||||||
| 14 |  | Siim Kallas (b. 1948) 14th Prime Minister | 28 January 2002 | 10 April 2003 | 438 | Reform Party (ERE) | S. Kallas ERE–EKE | ||
| 15 |  | Juhan Parts (b. 1966) 15th Prime Minister | 10 April 2003 | 12 April 2005 | 735 | Res Publica Party (RP) | Parts RP–ERE–ERL | X (2003) | |
| 16 |  | Andrus Ansip (b. 1956) 16th Prime Minister | 12 April 2005 | 5 April 2007 | 3,271 | Reform Party (ERE) | Ansip I ERE–EKE–ERL | ||
| President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (2006–2016) | |||||||||
| 5 April 2007 | 6 April 2011 | Ansip II ERE–IRL–SDE ERE–IRL | XI (2007) | ||||||
| 6 April 2011 | 26 March 2014 | Ansip III ERE–IRL | XII (2011) | ||||||
| 17 |  | Taavi Rõivas (b. 1979) 17th Prime Minister | 26 March 2014 | 9 April 2015 | 973 | Reform Party (ERE) | Rõivas I ERE–SDE | ||
| 9 April 2015 | 23 November 2016 | Rõivas II ERE–SDE–IRL | XIII (2015) | ||||||
| President Kersti Kaljulaid (2016–incumbent) | |||||||||
| 18 |  | Jüri Ratas (b. 1978) 18th Prime Minister | 23 November 2016 | 29 April 2019 | 1525 | Centre Party (EKE) | Ratas I EKE–SDE–IRL EKE–SDE–I | ||
| 29 April 2019 | 26 January 2021 | Ratas II EKE–EKRE–I | XIV (2019) | ||||||
| 19 | .jpg) | Kaja Kallas (b. 1977) 19th Prime Minister | 26 January 2021 | Incumbent | 1163 | Reform Party (ERE) | Kallas ERE–EKE | ||
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