Government of the Republic of Estonia

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The Government of the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Vabariigi Valitsus) exercises executive power pursuant to the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of Estonia. It is also known as the cabinet.

The cabinet carries out the country’s domestic and foreign policy, shaped by parliament (Riigikogu); it directs and co-ordinates the work of government institutions and bears full responsibility for everything occurring within the authority of executive power. The government, headed by the Prime Minister, thus represents the political leadership of the country and makes decisions in the name of the whole executive power.

The following duties are attributed to the cabinet:

  1. executes the domestic and foreign policies of the state;
  2. directs and co-ordinates the activities of government agencies;
  3. administers the implementation of laws, resolutions of the Riigikogu (Parliament), and legislation of the President of the Republic of Estonia;
  4. introduces bills, and submits international treaties to the Riigikogu for ratification and denunciation;
  5. prepares the draft of the state budget and submits it to the Riigikogu, administers the implementation of the state budget and presents a report on the implementation of the state budget to the Riigikogu;
  6. issues regulations and orders on the basis of and for the implementation of law;
  7. manages relations with other states;
  8. performs other duties which the Constitution and the laws vest in the Government of the Republic.

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[edit] Current Cabinet

The current cabinet was approved by the Riigikogu on 7 April 2007.

[edit] Prime Minister

[edit] Ministry of Education and Research

[edit] Ministry of Population Affairs

  • Urve Palo , Estonian Minister of Population Affairs

[edit] Ministry of Regional Affairs

[edit] Ministry of Foreign Affairs

[edit] Ministry of Social Affairs

[edit] Ministry of Internal Affairs

  • Jüri Pihl, Estonian Minister of Internal Affairs

[edit] Ministry of Finance

[edit] Ministry of Agriculture

[edit] Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

  • Juhan Parts, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications

[edit] Ministry of Culture

[edit] Ministry of the Environment

[edit] Ministry of Defence

[edit] Ministry of Justice

[edit] Sources

[edit] External links