Ratas II cabinet

Prime Minister Jüri Ratas

The second government of the Republic of Estonia under Prime Minister Jüri Ratas ("Cabinet Ratas II") took office on April 29, 2019. According to official counts, it is the 50th government of the Republic of Estonia since independence was declared in 1918.

Government formation

In the parliamentary elections on March 3, 2019, the Center Party (K) under Prime Minister Jüri Ratas suffered losses and - like four years earlier - only became the second strongest force. The liberal reform party (RE) emerged as the strongest party with 28.9 percent. The right-wing populist Estonian Conservative People's Party (EKRE) more than doubled its share of the vote and reached 17.8 percent. In addition, the conservative Fatherland Union (I) and the Social Democrats (SDE) again moved into parliament.

According to the constitution, President Kersti Kaljulaid initially entrusted the reform party leader, Kaja Kallas , with the task of forming a government as the head of the strongest parliamentary group. However, it failed to form a majority capable of governing from the Reform Party, the Fatherland Union and Social Democrats. Kallas had categorically ruled out a coalition with the EKRE.

Thereupon the chairman of the Center Party, Prime Minister Jüri Rattas, formed a coalition of the Center Party, the Conservative People's Party and the Fatherland Union. The government took office with its swearing-in in front of the parliament ( Riigikogu ) on April 29, 2019. The Reform Party and the Social Democrats went into opposition.

In the 101-member parliament, the governing coalition has a mathematical majority of 56 members (Center Party 25 seats, EKRE 19 seats, Fatherland Union 12 seats).

composition

In the 15-member cabinet, each party has five members. The government currently consists of 13 men and two women (at times twelve men and three women).

Marti Kuusik (EKRE) resigned from his position as Minister for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology just one day after he was sworn in. He is accused of domestic violence. His successor was Kert Kingo (EKRE), who was sworn in on May 16, 2019. She had to resign in October 2019 after making false statements to parliament about the hiring of a consultant and was replaced by the non-party Kaimar Karu . On April 20, 2020, Raul Siem (EKRE) was appointed the fourth Minister for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology within one year.

On November 25, 2019, Mart Järvik (EKRE) had to vacate his post as Minister for Rural Development in the cabinet following allegations of corruption. His successor was Arvo Aller (EKRE).

Cabinet members

Department	Surname
Prime Minister	Jüri Ratas	K
education and Science	Mailis Reps	K
Economy and Infrastructure	Taavi carrion	K
Public administration	Jaak Aab	K
Social	Tanel Kiik	K
Interior	Mart helmets	EKRE
Foreign trade and information technology	Marti Kuusik until April 30, 2019	EKRE
	Kert Kingo May 16 to October 25, 2019	EKRE
	Kaimar Karu November 7, 2019 to April 20, 2020	independent
	Raul Siem since April 21, 2020	EKRE
Rural development	Mart Järvik until November 25, 2019	EKRE
Rural development	Arvo Aller since December 10, 2019	EKRE
environment	Rene Kokk	EKRE
Finances	Martin helmets	EKRE
defense	Jüri Luik	I.
Foreign	Urmas pure salu	I.
Culture	Tõnis Lukas	I.
Population issues	Riina Solman	I.
Judiciary	Raivo Aeg	I.