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(''Rahandusministeerium'') in the

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. The Minister is one of the most important members of the Estonian government, with responsibility for coordinating the government's policies on national finances. The position was originally established in 1918. The Minister of Finance is chosen by the

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as a part of the government. The current Finance Minister is Mart Võrklaev.

List of Ministers

1918–1940 (Ministers of Finance and Economy)

*1918–1920

Juhan Kukk Juhan (Johann) Kukk VR III/1 ( in Käru, Salla Parish (now in Väike-Maarja Parish), Wierland County, Governorate of Estonia – 4 December 1942 in Kargopol, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Soviet Union) was an Estonian politician. Kukk finished the Tartu ...

(Minister of Finance) *1920

Tõnis Vares Tõnis Vares (23 July 1859 – 27 June 1925 Tallinn) was an Estonian politician. In 1920 he was Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and fina ...

(Minister of Finance) *1920–1921 Karl August Baars (Minister of Finance) *1921–1924

Georg Vestel Georg Vestel (11 November 1882 Saadjärve Parish – 5 February 1933 Tallinn) was an Estonian entrepreneur and politician. From 1921 to 1924 he was Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or ...

(Minister of Finance) *1924 Karl August Baars (Minister of Finance) *1924

Otto Strandman Otto August Strandman ( – 5 February 1941) was an Estonian politician, who served as prime minister (1919) and State Elder of Estonia (1929–1931). He was one of the leaders of the centre-left Estonian Labour Party, that saw its biggest supp ...

(Minister of Finance) *1924–1927

Leo Sepp Leo Sepp (7 November 1892 in Simuna – 13 December 1941 in Solikamsk) was an Estonian financial figure, writer and politician. From 1924 until 1927 he was Minister of Finance. From 1921 until 1924, he was the director and chairman of the Bank of ...

(Minister of Finance) *1927–1928 Anton Teetsov (Minister of Finance) *1928–1929

Aleksander Oinas Aleksander Ferdinand Oinas (28 December 1887 – 3 March 1942) was an Estonian politician; he was a long-serving member of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) and served three times as a government minister. was an Estonian politician; he was a l ...

(Minister of Finance) *1929–1931

Johannes-Friedrich Zimmermann Johannes-Friedrich Zimmermann (10 May 1882 – 24 August 1942 Sosva, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia) was an Estonian politician. 1929–1931 and 1932 he was Minister of Economic Affairs. In 1933 he was Minister of Agriculture An agriculture minist ...

(Minister of Economy) *1931 Mihkel Pung (Minister of Economy) *1931–1932

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(Minister of Economy) *1932 Oskar Suursööt (Minister of Economy) *1932

(Minister of Economy) *1932–1933

(Minister of Economy) *1933 Peeter Kurvits (Minister of Economy) *1933–1938

Karl Selter Karl Selter (24 June 1898 in Koeru, Estonia – 31 January 1958 in Geneva, Switzerland) was an Estonian politician and a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. He served as Minister of Economic Affairs from 1933 to 1938 and as minister of F ...

(Minister of Economy) *1938–1940

(Minister of Economy)

1944 (Minister of Finance)

*1944

Hugo Pärtelpoeg Hugo Osvald Pärtelpoeg (7 February 1899 in , Tartu County – 29 April 1951 in Irkutsk Oblast) was an Estonian lawyer and politician. From 18 September 1944 to 22 September 1944, he was Minister of Finance in Otto Tief's cabinet. On 3 July 194 ...

(Minister of Finance in Otto Tief's Government from 18 September 1944 to 22 September 1944)

1990–present (Ministers of Finance)

*1990–1992 Rein Miller (Minister of Finance) *1992–1994 Madis Üürike (Minister of Finance) *1994

Heiki Kranich Heiki Kranich (born 9 October 1961 in Haapsalu) is an Estonian politician. He has been a member of the VII, VIII and XIV Riigikogu. In 1994 he was Minister of Finance. 1999-2003 he was Minister of the Environment An environment minister (someti ...

(Minister of Finance) *1994–1995 Andres Lipstok (Minister of Finance) *1995–1999 Mart Opmann (Minister of Finance) *1999–2002

Siim Kallas Siim Kallas (; born 2 October 1948) is an Estonian politician, former Prime Minister of Estonia, and former European Commissioner. He served as the European Commissioner for Transport between 2010 and 2014. Before that he was the European Commi ...

(Minister of Finance) *2002–2003

Harri Õunapuu Harri Õunapuu (born 2 February 1947) is an Estonian agronomist and former politician. He served as Minister of Finance from 2002 to 2003. From 1989 until 1991, he was the Governor of Rapla County. He also served as Minister of Agriculture from 1 ...

(Minister of Finance) *2003

Tõnis Palts Tõnis Palts (born 29 March 1953, in Kuressaare) is an Estonian politician and former mayor of Tallinn and Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic po ...

(Minister of Finance) *2003–2005

Taavi Veskimägi Taavi Veskimägi (born 20 November 1974) is a former Estonian state official and politician and the managing director of the Estonian electric power transmission system operator Elering. He is a former Minister of Finance (2003–2005) and one ...

(Minister of Finance) *2005–2007

Aivar Sõerd Aivar Sõerd (born 22 November 1964 in Haapsalu) is an Estonian politician and civil servant. He is a member of Estonian Reform Party. He has been a member of XII, XIII and XIV Riigikogu XIV Riigikogu is the fourteenth and current legislatu ...

(Minister of Finance) *2007–2009 Ivari Padar (Minister of Finance) *2009–2014

Jürgen Ligi Jürgen Ligi (born 16 July 1959) is an Estonian politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a member and the Vice-Chairman of the liberal Reform Party. He was Minister of Education and Research in Taavi Rõivas' cabinet from 9 April 2015 ...

(Minister of Finance) *2014–2015

Maris Lauri Maris Lauri (born 1 January 1966) is an Estonian politician, former Minister of Justice and a member of the Reform Party. She was the Minister of Finance in Taavi Rõivas's first cabinet from November 2014 to April 2015 and later as the Min ...

(Minister of Finance) *2015–2017

Sven Sester Sven Sester (born 14 July 1969) is an Estonian politician and former Minister of Finance. Early life Sester was born on 14 July 1969 in Tallinn, Estonia. After graduating from high school in 1987, he studied Economics and Information Technolog ...

(Minister of Finance) *2017–2019 Toomas Tõniste (Minister of Finance) *2019–2021

Martin Helme Martin Helme (born 24 April 1976) is an Estonian politician, leader of the Conservative People's Party (EKRE), and a far-right nationalist. From 2019 to 2021 he was the Minister of Finance. Political views Helme's views have been described as ...

(Minister of Finance) *2021–2022

Keit Pentus-Rosimannus Keit Pentus-Rosimannus (born 3 March 1976) is an Estonian politician who served as Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas between 26 January 2021 and 19 October 2022. She is also the vice-chairwoman of the biggest pa ...

(Minister of Finance) *2022–2023

Annely Akkermann Annely Akkermann (born 5 October 1972) is an Estonian politician who has been serving as Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas since 19 October 2022. She was born in Linaküla on the island of Kihnu in the west ...

(Minister of Finance) *2023–present Mart Võrklaev (Minister of Finance)

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