Ministry of Climate explained

Ministry of Climate
Formed:	21 December 1989
Jurisdiction:	Government of Estonia
Headquarters:	Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122 Tallinn, Estonia
Budget:	202 mln € EUR (2023)
Minister1 Name:	Kristen Michal
Minister1 Pfo:	Minister of Climate
Website:	https://kliimaministeerium.ee/en/

The Ministry of Climate (Estonian: Kliimaministeerium) is a government ministry of Estonia responsible for the issue of policies regarding climate, transport, energy, mineral resources, environmental awareness, fisheries and hunting in Estonia.^[1] The ministry is headed by Minister of Climate, who is currently Kristen Michal.

The ministry was named as the Ministry of the Environment until 30 June 2023.

List of ministers

Portrait	Minister		Party	Term of office	Prime Minister
Minister of the Environment
		Tiit Nuudi	Independent	21 December 1989 – 11 April 1990
		Toomas Frey	Independent	11 April 1990 – 13 February 1991
		Tõnis Kaasik	Independent	13 February 1991 – 22 October 1992
		Andres Tarand	Moderates	21 October 1992 – 8 November 1994	Laar (I)
		Vootele Hansen	Moderates	8 November 1994 – 20 April 1995	Tarand (I)
		Villu Reiljan	People's Union	20 April 1995 – 9 March 1999	Vähi (II, III) Siimann (I)
		Heiki Kranich	Reform Party	25 March 1999 – 10 April 2003	Laar (II) Kallas (I)
		Villu Reiljan	People's Union	10 April 2003 – 8 October 2006	Parts (I) Ansip (I)
		Rein Randver	People's Union	11 October 2006 – 5 April 2007	Ansip (I)
		Jaanus Tamkivi	Reform Party	5 April 2007 – 5 April 2011	Ansip (II)
		Keit Pentus-Rosimannus	Reform Party	6 April 2011 – 17 November 2014	Ansip (III) Rõivas (I)
		Mati Raidma	Reform Party	17 November 2014 – 9 April 2015	Rõivas (I)
		Marko Pomerants	Pro Patria and Res Publica Union	9 April 2015 – 12 June 2017	Rõivas (II) Ratas (I)
		Siim Kiisler	Pro Patria and Res Publica Union	12 June 2017 – 29 April 2019	Ratas (I)
		Rene Kokk	Conservative People's Party of Estonia	29 April 2019 – 7 November 2020	Ratas (II)
		Rain Epler	Conservative People's Party of Estonia	16 November 2020 – 26 January 2021	Ratas (II)
		Tõnis Mölder	Estonian Centre Party	26 January 2021 – 18 November 2021	Kallas (I)
		Erki Savisaar	Estonian Centre Party	18 November 2021 – 3 June 2022	Kallas (I)
		Madis Kallas	Social Democratic Party	18 July 2022 – 17 April 2023	Kallas (II)
Minister of Climate
		Kristen Michal	Reform Party	17 April 2023 - 23 July 2024	Kallas (III)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ministry of Climate . Estonian Government .