Taavi Rõivas' second cabinet
Taavi Rõivas' second cabinet was the cabinet of Estonia, in office from 9 April 2015 to 23 November 2016.[1] It is a coalition cabinet of liberal centre-right Estonian Reform Party, Social Democratic Party and conservative Pro Patria and Res Publica Union.
| Taavi Rõivas' second cabinet | |
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 48th Cabinet of Estonia | |
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| Date formed | 9 April 2015 |
| Date dissolved | 23 November 2016 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Kersti Kaljulaid (2016-present) Toomas Hendrik Ilves (2006-2016) |
| Head of government | Taavi Rõivas |
| No. of ministers | 15 |
| Member parties | Estonian Reform Party, Social Democratic Party, Pro Patria and Res Publica Union |
| Opposition parties | Estonian Centre Party Estonian Free Party Conservative People's Party of Estonia |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 2015 election |
| Legislature term(s) | 4 years |
| Predecessor | Taavi Rõivas' first cabinet |
| Successor | Jüri Ratas' first cabinet |
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Estonia |
History
On 7 November 2016, the Social Democratic Party and Pro Patria and Res Publica Union announced that they were asking Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas to resign and were planning on negotiating a new majority government.[2] The announcement came soon after the opposition had submitted a motion to express lack of confidence in Rõivas’ government. SDE and IRL proceeded to support the motion, leaving the Reform the only party to support Rõivas.[3] Rõivas commented the situation by declining to resign and arguing that a democratically elected government should be only removed by a democratic vote.[4] In the following vote of confidence on 9 November, the majority of Riigikogu voted in favor of removing the prime minister’s government.[5] In the following coalition talks Center Party, SDE and IRL formed a new coalition led by Center Party's chairman Jüri Ratas. The new coalition was sworn in on 23 November.[6]
Ministers
Resignations
On 1 July 2015 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, resigned due to a court decision which made her partly liable for debts accumulated by her father's bankrupt company.[8] Reform Party decided to nominate independent Marina Kaljurand as her successor.[9]
On 30 August 2015 The Social Democrat council vote whether to continue in the government coalition, with the result turning out positive Urve Palo, the Minister of Entrepreneurship, resigned in protest.[10] She was replaced with Liisa Oviir. Social Democrats also decided to bring their new chairman Jevgeni Ossinovski into the government as Minister of Health and Labour. The Minister of Defence and former chairman of Social Democrats Sven Mikser was replaced with Hannes Hanso.[11]
On 9 September 2016 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marina Kaljurand, announced her resignation to run independently in the 2016 Estonian presidential election. She had previously been the favourite for Reform Party nominee, but was eventually dropped in favour of Siim Kallas.[12] In a ministerial reshuffle Jürgen Ligi was moved from the chair of Minister of Education to Minister of Foreign Affairs with Maris Lauri taking his seat in the Ministry of Education and Research.[13]
References
- "Otseülekanne: kolme erakonna koalitsioonileping saab allkirjad". Postimees. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- "Government falls as Social Democrats and IRL leave coalition". ERR. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- "Five parliamentary groups give Rõivas until 2 p.m. Wednesday to step down as prime minister". ERR. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- "Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas not going to resign". ERR. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- "Prime Minister loses no confidence vote, forced to resign". ERR. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- "President appoints Jüri Ratas' government". ERR. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- "Coalition agreement signed and new ministers announced". ERR. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- "Estonian Foreign Minister Pentus-Rosimannus resigns due to Autorollo case". ERR. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- "Kaljurand appointed foreign minister". ERR. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- "SDE votes to continue in government; Palo resigns". ERR. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- "SDE in ministerial reshuffle". ERR. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- "Marina Kaljurand to step down as foreign minister, announce presidential candidacy". ERR. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- "President appoints new ministers". ERR. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
External links
| Preceded by Taavi Rõivas' first cabinet |
Government of Estonia 2015–2016 |
Succeeded by Jüri Ratas' cabinet |