Cabinet Rõivas II
The second government of the Republic of Estonia under Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas ("Cabinet Rõivas II") was in office from April 9, 2015 to November 23, 2016. According to official counts, it was the 48th government of the Republic of Estonia since independence was declared in 1918.
Government formation
In the parliamentary elections on March 1, 2015, the previous governing coalition of the Liberal Reform Party and the Social Democrats (SDE) suffered a slight loss of votes and lost their narrow absolute majority. The reform party under its chairman, Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas, came to 27.7% (−0.9 percentage points), the Social Democrats under Sven Mikser to 15.2% (−1.9 percentage points). Both were therefore dependent on a third coalition partner to form a majority.
After the coalition negotiations were concluded, the new government made up of the Reform Party, Social Democrats and the conservative IRL took office on April 9, 2015 . It represents a broad political spectrum.
composition
The Reform Party had 30 members in parliament ( Riigikogu ), the Social Democrats 15 members and the IRL 14. The government thus had a stable absolute majority of 59 of the 101 seats in parliament.
The government consisted of seven members of the Reform Party and four members of each of the two smaller coalition partners. Since the reshuffle in September 2016, the cabinet has consisted of thirteen men and two women.
Cabinet members
Department | Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Prime Minister | Taavi Rõivas | April 9, 2015 - November 23, 2016 | Reform party |
Education and Science Minister | Jürgen Ligi | April 9, 2015 - September 13, 2016 | Reform party |
Education and Science Minister | Maris Lauri | September 13, 2016 - November 23, 2016 | Reform party |
Foreign Minister | Keit Pentus Rosimannus | April 9, 2015 - July 15, 2015 | Reform party |
Foreign Minister | Marina Kaljurand | July 16, 2015 - September 12, 2016 | independent |
Foreign minister | Jürgen Ligi | September 12, 2016 - November 23, 2016 | Reform party |
Interior minister | Hanno Pevkur | April 9, 2015 - November 23, 2016 | Reform party |
Minister for Economy and Infrastructure | Kristen Michal | April 9, 2015 - November 23, 2016 | Reform party |
Minister for Rural Development | Urmas Kruuse | April 9, 2015 - November 23, 2016 | Reform party |
Minister of Public Administration | Arto carrion | April 9, 2015 - November 23, 2016 | Reform party |
Environment Minister | Marko Pomerants | April 9, 2015 - November 23, 2016 | IRL |
Finance minister | Sven Sester | April 9, 2015 - November 23, 2016 | IRL |
Minister of Social Affairs | Margus Tsahkna | April 9, 2015 - November 23, 2016 | IRL |
Minister of Justice | Urmas pure salu | April 9, 2015 - November 23, 2016 | IRL |
Defense Minister | Sven Mikser | April 9, 2015 - September 14, 2015 | SDE |
Defense Minister | Hannes Hanso | September 14, 2015 - November 23, 2016 | SDE |
Minister for Entrepreneurship | Urve Palo | April 9, 2015 - August 30, 2015 | SDE |
Minister for Entrepreneurship | Liisa Oviir | September 14, 2015 - November 23, 2016 | SDE |
Minister of Culture | Indrek Saar | April 9, 2015 - November 23, 2016 | SDE |
Minister of Health and Labor | Rannar Vassiljev | April 9, 2015 - September 14, 2015 | SDE |
Minister of Health and Labor | Jevgeni Ossinovski | September 14, 2015 - November 23, 2016 | SDE |
End of government
On November 9, 2016, the government broke up after a successful vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Rõivas. It was introduced in Parliament by Rõivas' previous two coalition partners and the three opposition factions.
On November 23, 2016, the new coalition government under Prime Minister Jüri Ratas ( Estonian Center Party ) took office. The reform party no longer belongs to the new government.
Web links
- Coalition agreement (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ a b c Estonian Social Democrats replaced three ministers. In: derStandard.at. September 14, 2015, accessed December 10, 2017 .
- ↑ http://news.err.ee/v/politics/a10405f8-801b-4355-890f-75bdf89fa0a5/sde-votes-to-continue-in-government-palo-resigns
- ↑ Prime Minister loses no confidence vote, forced to resign , news.err.ee, accessed on November 9, 2016