Cabinet Name: | Taavi Rõivas's first cabinet |
Cabinet Number: | 47th |
Jurisdiction: | Estonia |
Flag: | Flag_of_Estonia.svg |
Flag Border: | true |
Date Formed: | 26 March 2014 |
Date Dissolved: | 30 March 2015 |
Government Head: | Taavi Rõivas |
Current Number: | 14 |
Political Party: | Estonian Reform Party, Social Democratic Party |
Election: | 2011 election |
Legislature Term: | 4 years |
Opposition Parties: | Estonian Centre Party Pro Patria and Res Publica Union |
Previous: | Andrus Ansip's third cabinet |
Successor: | Taavi Rõivas's second cabinet |
Taavi Rõivas's first cabinet was the cabinet of Estonia from to .[1] It was a coalition cabinet of free market liberal Estonian Reform Party and Social Democratic Party.
On 3 November 2014 Minister of Finance, Jürgen Ligi, resigned due to public pressure after scandalous Facebook post in which he insulted the Minister of Education and Research Jevgeni Ossinovski.[2] On the same day Maris Lauri became the new Minister of Finance.[3]
Also on 3 November 2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Urmas Paet, resigned to become an MP in the European Parliament.[4]