Ansip III cabinet
The third government of the Republic of Estonia under Prime Minister Andrus Ansip ("Ansip III Cabinet") was appointed on April 5, 2011 by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves . According to official counts, it was the 46th government of the Republic of Estonia. Her term ended on March 26, 2014; at the same time Ansip resigned as Prime Minister.
composition
In the Estonian parliamentary elections on March 6, 2011, the previous government alliance of the liberal Estonian Reform Party ( Reformierakond ) and the conservative Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit (IRL) was confirmed.
The coalition had a stable majority in the Estonian parliament ( Riigikogu ) with 56 out of 101 seats . The Reform Party had 33 MPs (plus 2), its junior partner, the IRL, had 23 MPs (plus 4).
Prime Minister Andrus Ansip (reform party) , who has ruled since 2005, remained . Each of the two coalition parties had six ministers in its cabinet, which initially consisted of twelve men and one woman, later of eleven men and two women.
Cabinet members
Department | Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Prime Minister | Andrus Ansip | April 5, 2011– March 26, 2014 | Estonian Reform Party |
Education and Research Minister | Jaak Aaviksoo | April 5, 2011– March 26, 2014 | IRL |
Minister of Justice | Kristen Michal | April 5, 2011– December 10, 2012 | Estonian Reform Party |
Minister of Justice | Hanno Pevkur | December 10, 2012– March 26, 2014 | Estonian Reform Party |
Defense Minister | Mart Laar | 05.04.2011–14.04.2012 | IRL |
Defense Minister | Urmas pure salu | April 14, 2012– March 26, 2014 | IRL |
Environment Minister | Keit Pentus Rosimannus | April 5, 2011– March 26, 2014 | Estonian Reform Party |
Minister of Culture | Purely long | April 5, 2011– December 4, 2013 | Estonian Reform Party |
Minister of Culture | Urve Tiidus | 04.12.2013–26.03.2014 | Estonian Reform Party |
Minister of Economy and Infrastructure | Juhan Parts | April 5, 2011– March 26, 2014 | IRL |
Finance minister | Jürgen Ligi | April 5, 2011– March 26, 2014 | Estonian Reform Party |
Regional minister | Siim-Valmar Kiisler | April 5, 2011– March 26, 2014 | IRL |
Interior minister | Ken-Marti Vaher | April 5, 2011– March 26, 2014 | IRL |
Minister of Social Affairs | Hanno Pevkur | April 5, 2011– December 11, 2012 | Estonian Reform Party |
Minister of Social Affairs | Taavi Rõivas | December 11, 2012– March 26, 2014 | Estonian Reform Party |
Foreign minister | Urmas Paet | April 5, 2011– March 26, 2014 | Estonian Reform Party |
Minister of Agriculture | Helir-Valdor Seeder | April 5, 2011– March 26, 2014 | IRL |
resolution
In March 2014, the government coalition was dissolved. On March 26, 2014, President Ilves appointed a new coalition government made up of the Liberal Reform Party and the Social Democratic Party . The previous Minister of Social Affairs Taavi Rõivas (Reform Party) became the new head of government .
The new cabinet saw itself as a transitional government until the next regular parliamentary elections in March 2015.
See also
Web links
- Coalition agreement (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.postimees.ee/?id=414121
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.