Prime Minister of Estonia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia
Coat of Arms of Estonia
Incumbent Kaja Kallas since 26 January 2021
Member of	European Council
Residence	Stenbock House, Tallinn
Appointer	President of Estonia
Term length	No term limits. Parliamentary elections held every four years.
Inaugural holder	Konstantin Päts
Formation	24 February 1918
Salary	€5,288 monthly
Website	http://valitsus.ee/

The Prime Minister of Estonia (Estonian: peaminister, literally Main Minister or Head Minister) is the head of government of the Republic of Estonia. The prime minister is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Parliament.

The current Prime Minister is Kaja Kallas of the Reform Party.

List of Prime Ministers (since 1990)

Portrait		Name	Term of Office			Political Party	Cabinet	Riigikogu (Election)	Separate Head of State
			Took Office	Left Office	Days
2nd Soviet Occupation (See Estonian Government in Exile)
—		Edgar Savisaar (b. 1950) 1st Prime Minister of the Interim Government	3 April 1990	29 January 1992	668	Popular Front of Estonia (ERR) Estonian People's Centre Party (ERKE)	Savisaar Interim various coalition partners	Supreme Soviet (1990)	Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
									Chairman of the Supreme Council Arnold Rüütel
—		Tiit Vähi (b. 1947) 2nd Prime Minister of the Interim Government	29 January 1992	21 October 1992	266	None	Vähi Interim various coalition partners
									President Lennart Georg Meri (1992–2001)
9		Mart Laar (b. 1960) 9th Prime Minister	21 October 1992	8 November 1994	749	Pro Patria (I) Pro Patria National Coalition Party (RKEI)	Laar I I–M–ERSP RKEI–M–ERSP RKEI–M–ERSP–ELDP RKEI–M–ERSP–(ELDP) RKEI–M–ERSP–ELDP	VII (1992)
10		Andres Tarand (b. 1940) 10th Prime Minister	8 November 1994	17 April 1995	161	Moderates (M)	Tarand M–RKEI–ERSP–ELDP–VKRE
11		Tiit Vähi (b. 1947) 11th Prime Minister (2nd term)	17 April 1995	6 November 1995	701	Coalition Party and Country People's Alliance (KMÜ)	Vähi I KMÜ–EKE	VIII (1995)
			6 November 1995	17 March 1997			Vähi II KMÜ–ERE KMÜ KMÜ–AP
12		Mart Siimann (b. 1946) 12th Prime Minister	17 March 1997	25 March 1999	739	Coalition Party and Country People's Alliance (KMÜ)	Siimann KMÜ–AP
13		Mart Laar (b. 1960) 13th Prime Minister (2nd term)	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	1,041	Pro Patria Union (IL)	Laar II IL–RM–ERE	IX (1999)
									President Arnold Rüütel (2001–2006)
14		Siim Kallas (b. 1948) 14th Prime Minister	28 January 2002	10 April 2003	438	Reform Party (ERE)	S. Kallas ERE–EKE
15		Juhan Parts (b. 1966) 15th Prime Minister	10 April 2003	12 April 2005	735	Res Publica Party (RP)	Parts RP–ERE–ERL	X (2003)
16		Andrus Ansip (b. 1956) 16th Prime Minister	12 April 2005	5 April 2007	3,271	Reform Party (ERE)	Ansip I ERE–EKE–ERL
									President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (2006–2016)
			5 April 2007	6 April 2011			Ansip II ERE–IRL–SDE ERE–IRL	XI (2007)
			6 April 2011	26 March 2014			Ansip III ERE–IRL	XII (2011)
17		Taavi Rõivas (b. 1979) 17th Prime Minister	26 March 2014	9 April 2015	973	Reform Party (ERE)	Rõivas I ERE–SDE
			9 April 2015	23 November 2016			Rõivas II ERE–SDE–IRL	XIII (2015)
									President Kersti Kaljulaid (2016–incumbent)
18		Jüri Ratas (b. 1978) 18th Prime Minister	23 November 2016	29 April 2019	1525	Centre Party (EKE)	Ratas I EKE–SDE–IRL EKE–SDE–I
			29 April 2019	26 January 2021			Ratas II EKE–EKRE–I	XIV (2019)
19		Kaja Kallas (b. 1977) 19th Prime Minister	26 January 2021	Incumbent	32	Reform Party (ERE)	Kallas ERE–EKE