For the subdivision of the Russian Empire also known as the "Government of Estonia", see Governorate of Estonia.
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Government of the Republic of Estonia
Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi valitsus
Central government
Overview
Established
24 February 1918
Dissolved
suspended from 17 June 1940 – 21 August 1991 (de facto)
State
Republic of Estonia
Leader
Prime Minister of Estonia
Appointed by
President of Estonia
Main organ
Government Office of Estonia
Headquarters
Rahukohtu 3, 15161 Tallinn, Estonia
Website
www.valitsus.ee/en
Politics of Estonia
State
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Human rights
Presidency
President
Alar Karis
Executive
Prime Minister
Kaja Kallas
Government of Estonia
Incumbent cabinet
Legislature
Riigikogu
Speaker: Lauri Hussar
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Chancellor of Justice
Elections
Political parties
Recent elections
Riigikogu:
2015
2019
2023
Presidential:
2011
2016
2021
Municipal: 2009
2013
2017
European: 2014
2019
2024
Administrative divisions
Counties
Municipalities
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Politics of the European Union
Estonia portal
Other countries
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The Government of the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Vabariigi Valitsus) is the cabinet of Estonia. Under the Constitution, it exercises executive power pursuant to the Constitution and laws of Estonia.
The cabinet carries out the country's domestic and foreign policy, shaped by parliament (Riigikogu); it directs and co-ordinates the work of government institutions and bears full responsibility for everything occurring within the authority of executive power. The government, headed by the Prime Minister, thus represents the political leadership of the country and makes decisions in the name of the whole executive power.
The following duties are attributed to the cabinet by the Constitution of Estonia:[1]
executes the domestic and foreign policies of the state;
directs and co-ordinates the activities of government agencies;
administers the implementation of laws, resolutions of the Riigikogu (Parliament), and legislation of the President of the Republic of Estonia;
introduces bills, and submits international treaties to the Riigikogu for ratification and denunciation;
prepares the draft of the state budget and submits it to the Riigikogu, administers the implementation of the state budget and presents a report on the implementation of the state budget to the Riigikogu;
issues regulations and orders on the basis of and for the implementation of law;
manages relations with other states;
performs other duties which the Constitution and the laws vest in the Government of the Republic.
Unlike other cabinets in most other parliamentary regimes, the Government is both the de jure and de facto executive authority in Estonia. In most other parliamentary regimes, the head of state is usually the nominal chief executive, though bound by convention to act on the advice of the cabinet. In Estonia, however, the Constitution explicitly vests executive authority in the Government, not the President.
^"The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia". Riigi Teataja. 16 May 2014.
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