Mart Laar's second cabinet

Mart Laar's second cabinet was a coalition government between the Pro Patria Union, Reform Party and Moderate People's Party in office in Estonia from 25 March 1999 to 28 January 2002, when it was succeeded by Siim Kallas' cabinet. ^[1] This was the first Triple Alliance government in Estonian history and usually the standard bearer of the nickname.

By late 2001, scandals related to the privatization of state-owned enterprises had made the government unpopular, and relations between the Pro Patria Union and the Reform Party deteriorated. When December 2001 the Reform Party entered a coalition with the Centre Party in Tallinn, as a result of which Edgar Savisaar became the mayor, Prime Minister Mart Laar decided to resign, as he felt that the national level government had essentially collapsed. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Ministers

The cabinet featured the following people: ^[1]

Portfolio		Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Government's Office
Prime Minister		Mart Laar	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	Pro Patria Union
Ministry of Education
Minister of Education		Tõnis Lukas	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	Pro Patria Union
Ministry of Justice
Minister of Justice		Märt Rask	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	Reform
Ministry of Defence
Minister of Defence		Jüri Luik	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	Pro Patria Union
Ministry of Environment
Minister of Environment		Heiki Kranich	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	Reform
Ministry of Culture
Minister of Culture		Signe Kivi	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	Reform
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Minister of Economic Affairs		Mihkel Pärnoja	25 March 1999	5 October 2001	Moderates
		Henrik Hololei	15 October 2001	28 January 2002	Moderates
Ministry of Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture		Ivari Padar	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	Moderates
Ministry of Finance
Minister of Finance		Siim Kallas	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	Reform
Ministry of the Interior
Minister of the Interior		Jüri Mõis	25 March 1999	5 November 1999	Pro Patria Union
		Tarmo Loodus	9 November 1999	28 January 2002	Pro Patria Union
Ministry of Social Affairs
Minister of Social Affairs		Eiki Nestor	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	Moderates
Ministry of Roads and Connections
Minister of Roads and Connections		Toivo Jürgenson	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	Pro Patria Union
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Toomas Hendrik Ilves	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	Moderates
Office of the Minister of Population
Minister of Population		Katrin Saks	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	Moderates
Office of the Minister of Regional Affairs
Minister of Regional Affairs		Toivo Asmer	25 March 1999	28 January 2002	Reform

See also

• Triple Alliance (Estonia)

References

1. "1999 | Meie parlament ja aeg". meieparlamentjaaeg.nlib.ee. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
2. "Kallas: kolmikliit peab jätkama". Delfi (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-08-21.
3. Muuli, Kalle (2014). Hainsalu, Esta (ed.). Kodanike riik: reformierakond loomisest kuni tänapäevani. Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus. ISBN   978-9949-549-07-8.
4. "Kuidas kolmikliit valitsust moodustas". Äripäev (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-08-21.