The Ministry of Social Affairs of

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

( et, Eesti Sotsiaalministeerium) is a government ministry of

responsible for

social policies Social policy is a plan or action of government or institutional agencies which aim to improve or reform society. Some professionals and universities consider social policy a subset of public policy, while other practitioners characterize soci ...

of the country.

List of Ministers

The position first appeared in the government of

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 ...

established in 1992. In 2014, the responsibilities of the Minister of Social Affairs were divided between the two newly established positions of Minister of Social Protection and Minister of Health and Labour.

Minister of Social Affairs (1992–2014)

*22 October 1992 – 20 September 1994

Marju Lauristin Marju Lauristin (born 7 April 1940) is an Estonian politician, and former Member of the European Parliament and Minister of Social Affairs. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. Lauristin is cu ...

. *20 September 1994 – 1 May 1995 Toomas Vilosius. *17 April 1995 – 20 November 1995

Siiri Oviir Siiri Oviir (born 3 November 1947) is an Estonian politician and Member of the European Parliament. Oviir was born in Tallinn. As an MEP, she belonged to the Estonian Centre Party until she decided to leave on 9 April 2012. Oviir is married to ...

. *6 November 1995 – 1 December 1996 Toomas Vilosius. *2 December 1996 – 25 March 1999 Tiiu Aro. *25 March 1999 – 28 January 2002

Eiki Nestor Eiki Nestor (born 5 September 1953 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party. He was the leader of the party from 1994 to 1996. Nestor has been a member of the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Parliament of Es ...

. *28 January 2002 – 9 April 2003

. *10 April 2003 – 13 April 2005

Marko Pomerants Marko Pomerants (born 24 September 1964) is an Estonian politician. He was the Minister of the Environment in 2015–2017. Previously, Pomerants has served as the Minister of Social Affairs from 2003 to 2005 and as the Minister of the Interior f ...

. *13 April 2005 – 5 April 2007

Jaak Aab Jaak Aab (born 9 April 1960) is an Estonian politician of the Centre Party who has served as Minister of Education and Research and three times as the Minister of Public Administration from 2017 to 2018, from 2019 to 2020 and from 2011 to 202 ...

. *5 April 2007 – 23 February 2009

Maret Maripuu Maret Maripuu (born 16 July 1974 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician, a member of the Reform Party. From April 2007 until February 2009 she served as Minister of Social Affairs. Previously, she was a member of the Riigikogu The Riig ...

. *23 February 2009 – 10 December 2012

Hanno Pevkur Hanno Pevkur (born 2 April 1977) is an Estonian politician who is currently the Minister of Defence. He is the former chairman of the Estonian Reform Party. He has served as the Minister of Social Affairs from 2009 to 2012, as the Minister of ...

. *11 December 2012 – 26 March 2014

Taavi Rõivas Taavi Rõivas (; born 26 September 1979) is a Estonian politician, former Prime Minister of Estonia from 2014 to 2016 and former leader of the Reform Party. Before his term as the Prime Minister, Rõivas was the Minister of Social Affairs fro ...

Minister of Social Protection (2014–2019)

*26 March 2014 – 30 March 2015

Helmen Kütt Helmen Kütt (born 28 July 1961) is an Estonian Social Democratic Party politician. She was the Minister of Social Protection in Taavi Rõivas´cabinet between 26 March 2014 and 30 March 2015. In the parliament Kütt represents the electoral dis ...

*9 April 2015 – 23 November 2016

Margus Tsahkna Margus Tsahkna (born 13 April 1977) is an Estonian politician, one of the leaders of new liberal Estonia 200 party, former leader of the conservative Isamaa party, former Minister of Defence in Jüri Ratas' cabinet and Minister of Social Protectio ...

*23 November 2016 – 29 April 2019

Kaia Iva Kaia Iva (born 28 April 1964) is a Pro Patria and Res Publica Union politician. She has been Minister of Social Protection of Estonia since 23 November 2016. She served as the Mayor of Türi from 2002 until 2005. She served as member of Riigikogu ...

Minister of Health and Labour (2014–2019)

*26 March 2014 – 30 March 2015

Urmas Kruuse Urmas Kruuse (born 14 July 1965) is an Estonian politician who has been the Minister of Rural Affairs since 2021. From 2014 to 2015, he was the Minister of Health and Labour. He is member of the Estonian Reform Party. Early life Ummi graduate ...

*9 April 2015 – 14 September 2015

Rannar Vassiljev Rannar Vassiljev (born on 8 November 1981 in Rakvere) is an Estonian politician. He has been a member of the XII Riigikogu. In 2015 he was Minister of Health and Labour. Rannar Vassiljev graduated from Rakvere Gymnasium in 2000 and from the U ...

*14 September 2015 – 2 May 2018

Jevgeni Ossinovski Jevgeni Ossinovski (born 15 March 1986) is an Estonian politician, former leader of the Social Democratic Party (Estonia), Estonian Social Democratic Party. Early life and education He is the son of Oleg Ossinovski (:et:Oleg Ossinovski, et), ...

*2 May 2018 – 29 April 2019

Riina Sikkut Riina Sikkut (born 12 January 1983) is an Estonian politician. She serves as Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. She also served as Minister of Health and Labour in Jüri Ratas' ...

Minister of Social Affairs (2019–2021)

*29 April 2019 – 26 January 2021 Tanel Kiik

Minister of Health and Labour (2021–present)

* 26 January 2021 – 3 June 2022 Tanel Kiik * 18 July 2022 – present

Peep Peterson Peep Peterson (born 29 March 1975) is an Estonian politician. He serves as Minister of Health and Labour in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas Kaja Kallas (; born 18 June 1977) is an Estonian politician who has been serving a ...

Minister of Social Protection (2021–present)

* 26 January 2021 – present Signe Riisalo

References

External links

Official website
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Social Affairs A Ministry of Social Affairs or Department of Social Affairs is the common name for a government department found in states where the government is divided into ministries or departments. While there is some variation in the responsibilities of s ...