Riina Sikkut (born 12 January 1983) is an

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 ...

n politician. She serves as Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure in the second cabinet of Prime Minister

Kaja Kallas Kaja Kallas (; born 18 June 1977) is an Estonian politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Estonia since 2021. The leader of the Reform Party since 2018, she was a Member of Parliament from 2019 to 2021, and previously between 2 ...

. She also served as Minister of Health and Labour in

Jüri Ratas' first cabinet Jüri Ratas' cabinet was the 49th cabinet of Estonia, in office from 23 November 2016 to 29 April 2019. It was a centre-left coalition cabinet of Centre Party, Social Democratic Party and conservative Pro Patria and Res Publica Union. It was pr ...

. She was sworn in on 2 May 2018, after the former minister

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), ...

had vacated the seat, and left the office on 29 April 2019. Sikkut was sworn in as

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in the third cabinet of

on 17 April 2023.

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* 1983 births Living people Social Democratic Party (Estonia) politicians Government ministers of Estonia 21st-century Estonian politicians 21st-century Estonian women politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 2023–2027 Women members of the Riigikogu {{Estonia-politician-stub