Prime Minister of Estonia

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 Kristen Michal of the Reform Party.

### 1990–present

|width=70 colspan=2 rowspan=2|Portrait|width=17% rowspan=2|Name|width=200 colspan=3|Term of office|rowspan=2|Political party|rowspan=2|Cabinet|width=80 rowspan=2|Riigikogu <small>(Election)</small>|rowspan=2|Separate Head of State|||||
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|rowspan=3||rowspan=3|Edgar **Savisaar** (1950–2022) 1st Prime Minister of the Interim Government|rowspan=2|3 April 1990|rowspan=2|29 January 1992|rowspan=2|668|rowspan=2|Popular Front of Estonia (<abbr title="Rahvarinne">RR</abbr>) Estonian People's Centre Party (ERKE)|rowspan=2|Savisaar Interim various coalition partners|rowspan=6|Supreme Soviet (1990)|bgcolor=#AACC99|Chairman of the Supreme Soviet|
|bgcolor=#AACC99 rowspan=3|Chairman of the Supreme Council Arnold Rüütel|||||||||||||||||
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|rowspan=3||rowspan=3|Tiit **Vähi** (born 1947) 2nd Prime Minister of the Interim Government|rowspan=2|29 January 1992|rowspan=2|21 October 1992|rowspan=2|266|rowspan=2|None|rowspan=2|Vähi Interim various coalition partners|||||
|bgcolor=lightsteelblue rowspan=12|President Lennart Georg Meri (1992–2001)|||||||||||||||||
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|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Mart **Laar** (born 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|rowspan=4|VII (1992)||||||||
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|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Andres **Tarand** (born 1940) 10th Prime Minister|8 November 1994|17 April 1995|161|_Moderates_ (_M_)|Tarand _M_–RKEI–ERSP–ELDP–VKRE||||||||||
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|rowspan=3||rowspan=3|Tiit **Vähi** (born 1947) 11th Prime Minister (2nd term)|17 April 1995|6 November 1995|rowspan=2|701|rowspan=2|_Coalition Party and Country People's Alliance_ (_KMÜ_)|Vähi I _KMÜ_–KE|rowspan=5|VIII (1995)||||||
|6 November 1995|17 March 1997|Vähi II _KMÜ_–REF _KMÜ_ _KMÜ_–<abbr title="Arengupartei">AP</abbr>||||||||||||||||
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|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Mart **Siimann** (born 1946) 12th Prime Minister|17 March 1997|25 March 1999|739|_Coalition Party and Country People's Alliance_ (_KMÜ_)|Siimann _KMÜ_–AP||||||||||
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|rowspan=3||rowspan=3|Mart **Laar** (born 1960) 13th Prime Minister (2nd term)|rowspan=2|25 March 1999|rowspan=2|28 January 2002|rowspan=2|1,041|rowspan=2|Pro Patria Union (IL)|rowspan=2|Laar II IL–M–REF|rowspan=5|IX (1999)|||
|bgcolor=#FF9900 rowspan=7|President Arnold Rüütel (2001–2006)|||||||||||||||||
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|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Siim **Kallas** (born 1948) 14th Prime Minister|28 January 2002|10 April 2003|438|Reform Party (REF)|S. Kallas REF–KE||||||||||
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|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Juhan **Parts** (born 1966) 15th Prime Minister|10 April 2003|12 April 2005|735|Res Publica Party (RES)|Parts RES–REF–RL|rowspan=4|X (2003)||||||||
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|rowspan=5||rowspan=5|Andrus **Ansip** (born 1956) 16th Prime Minister|rowspan=2|12 April 2005|rowspan=2|5 April 2007|rowspan=4|3,271|rowspan=4|Reform Party (REF)|rowspan=2|Ansip I REF–KE–RL|||||
|bgcolor=#CF1024 rowspan=6|President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (2006–2016)|||||||||||||||||
|5 April 2007|6 April 2011|Ansip II REF–IRL–SDE REF–IRL|XI (2007)|||||||||||||||
|6 April 2011|26 March 2014|Ansip III REF–IRL|rowspan=3|XII (2011)||||||||||||||
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|rowspan=3||rowspan=3|Taavi **Rõivas** (born 1979) 17th Prime Minister|26 March 2014|9 April 2015|rowspan=3||rowspan=3|Reform Party (REF)|Rõivas I REF–SDE||||||||
|rowspan=2|9 April 2015|rowspan=2|23 November 2016|rowspan=2|Rõivas II REF–SDE–IRL|rowspan=3|XIII (2015)|||||||||||
|bgcolor=#D3D3D3 rowspan=4|President Kersti Kaljulaid (2016–2021)|||||||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Jüri **Ratas** (born 1978) 18th Prime Minister|23 November 2016|29 April 2019|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Centre Party (KE)|Ratas I KE–SDE–IRL KE–SDE–I||||||||
|29 April 2019|26 January 2021||Ratas II KE–EKRE–I|rowspan=4|XIV (2019)|||||||||||||
|rowspan=4||rowspan=4|Kaja **Kallas** (born 1977) 19th Prime Minister|rowspan=2|26 January 2021|rowspan=2|14 July 2022|rowspan=4||rowspan=4|Reform Party (REF)|rowspan=2|K. Kallas I REF–KE REF|||||
|bgcolor=#D3D3D3 rowspan=4|President Alar Karis (2021–)|||||||||||||||||
|18 July 2022|17 April 2023|K. Kallas II REF–SDE–I||||||||||||||||
|17 April 2023|23 July 2024|K. Kallas III REF–E200–SDE|rowspan=2|XV (2023)||||||||||||||
|rowspan=1||rowspan=1|Kristen **Michal** (born 1975) 20th Prime Minister|23 July 2024|Incumbent|rowspan=1||rowspan=1|Reform Party (REF)|Michal REF–E200–SDE||||||||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Prime Minister
- **body**: the Republic of Estonia
- **native name**: <small>_Eesti Vabariigi peaminister_</small>
- **insignia**: Coat of arms of Estonia.svg
- **insigniasize**: 125px
- **insigniacaption**: Coat of Arms of Estonia
- **image**: Kristen Michal in 2024 (cropped).jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **incumbent**: Kristen Michal
- **incumbentsince**: 23 July 2024
- **member of**: European Council
- **residence**: Stenbock House, Tallinn
- **appointer**: President of Estonia
- **termlength**: No term limits. Parliamentary elections held every four years.
- **salary**: €5,288 monthly
- **inaugural**: Konstantin Päts
- **formation**: 24 February 1918
- **website**: http://valitsus.ee/