Andrus Ansip's cabinet
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Andrus Ansip is the current Prime Minister of Estonia; his first cabinet took office on April 12, 2005 after being approved by Riigikogu by 53 members out of 101. His cabinet was formed with pragmatic calculations, as it consisted of ministers from free market liberal Reform Party of Estonia, populist and personalist Estonian Centre Party and agrarian People's Union of Estonia. Reform Party and People's Union had participated in the previous government lead by Juhan Parts (of conservative Res Publica).
Parts resigned on March 24, 2005 after his Minister of Interior Ken-Marti Vaher (also members of Res Publica Party) was sacked by Riigikogu.
The current cabinet was approved by the Riigikogu on 5 April 2007, it consists of representatives of Reformierakond, Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit and Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond.
[edit] The current (second) cabinet
Source: Official Government web page
The second Ansip cabinet, approved by the Riigikogu on 5 April 2007, was as follows:
| position | person | remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Reformierakond | ||
| Prime Minister | Andrus Ansip | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Urmas Paet | held this position previously; former Minister of Culture; journalist |
| Minister of Justice | Rein Lang | held this position previously; former Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Minister of Culture | Laine Jänes | former Mayor of Tartu |
| Minister of the Environment | Jaanus Tamkivi | |
| Minister of Social Affairs | Maret Maripuu | former Vice-Speaker of Riigikogu; former Chairman of Tallinn City Council |
| Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit | ||
| Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications | Juhan Parts | former Prime Minister |
| Minister of Education and Research | Tõnis Lukas | held this position formerly from 1999–2002 |
| Minister of Defence | Jaak Aaviksoo | former Minister of Education, former rector of Tartu University |
| Minister of Agriculture | Helir-Valdor Seeder | |
| Minister of Regional Affairs | Siim Valmar Kiisler | |
| Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond | ||
| Minister of Finances | Ivari Padar | former Minister of Agriculture |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Jüri Pihl | |
| Minister of Population and Ethnic Affairs | Urve Palo | |
