Ministry of the Interior | |
Formed: | 24 February 1918 |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Estonia |
Headquarters: | Pikk 61 Tallinn, Estonia |
Budget: | 464 mln € EUR (2022) |
Minister1 Name: | Lauri Läänemets |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister of Interior |
Child1 Agency: | Police and Border Guard Board |
Child2 Agency: | Estonian Rescue Board |
Child3 Agency: | Estonian Internal Security Service |
Child4 Agency: | Estonian Academy of Security Sciences |
Child5 Agency: | Estonian Emergency Response Centre |
Child6 Agency: | IT and Development Centre |
Child7 Agency: | National Foundation of Civil Society |
Website: | https://www.siseministeerium.ee/en/ |
The Ministry of the Interior of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Siseministeerium) is a Ministry in the Estonian Government. The current Minister of the Interior is Lauri Läänemets.
In 2018, Estonia’s ministry of interior planned to introduce the world’s first digital nomad visa in accordance to celebrating its 100 years of independence.[1] The purpose of this visa is to allow non-Estonians access to Estonian services from abroad. This is an addition to groundbreaking initiatives like e-residency[2] and border-less banking which has listed the country as one of the most digitally advanced nations of the decade.[3]
List of ministers of internal affairs since 1990:[4]