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Mart Laar's second cabinet was a coalition government between the
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, Reform Party and Moderate People's Party in office in
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from 25 March 1999 to 28 January 2002, when it was succeeded by Siim Kallas' cabinet. 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
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, as a result of which
Edgar Savisaar Edgar Savisaar (31 May 1950 – 29 December 2022) was an Estonian politician, one of the founding members of Popular Front of Estonia and the Centre Party. He served as the acting Prime Minister of Estonia, Minister of the Interior, Minister ...
became the mayor, Prime Minister
Mart Laar Mart Laar (born 22 April 1960) is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. Laar is credited with having helped bring about Estonia's Economy_of_Estonia#Restoration_o ...
decided to resign, as he felt that the national level government had essentially collapsed.


Ministers

The cabinet featured the following people:


See also

* Triple Alliance (Estonia)


References

{{Reflist Cabinets of Estonia