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Andrus Ansip is the current Prime Minister of Estonia; his first cabinet took office on 12 April 2005 after being approved by Riigikogu by 53 members out of 101. His cabinet was formed with pragmatic calculations, as it consisted of ministers from free market liberal Reform Party of Estonia, populist and personalist Estonian Centre Party and agrarian People's Union of Estonia. Reform Party and People's Union had participated in the previous government led by Juhan Parts (of conservative Res Publica).

Parts resigned on 24 March 2005 after his Minister of Justice Ken-Marti Vaher (also member of Res Publica Party) was sacked by Riigikogu.

The second cabinet of Andrus Ansip was approved by the Riigikogu on 5 April 2007, and it consisted of representatives of the Estonian Reform Party, Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica and Social Democratic Party.

As in the dire economic situation the government turned out incapable to solve the problem of required budget cuts the Social Democratic Party left from the coalition on 21 May 2009 and its three ministers were relieved from their posts. Coalition talks with the People's Union of Estonia were derailed on 1 June 2009 by councils of the People's Union and of the Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica. Therefore, from 4 June 2009 the cabinet continued as a minority cabinet.

The third cabinet of Andrus Ansip was approved by the Riigikogu on 6 April 2011, and it consisted of representatives of the Estonian Reform Party and Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica.

The current (third) cabinet

The third cabinet of Andrus Ansip, after the latest changes, is as follows:

position	person	remarks
Estonian Reform Party
Prime Minister	Andrus Ansip	held this position previously;
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Urmas Paet	held this position previously;
Minister of Justice	Kristen Michal
Minister of Culture	Rein Lang	former Minister of Justice; former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of the Environment	Keit Pentus
Minister of Social Affairs	Hanno Pevkur	held this position previously
Minister of Finance	Jürgen Ligi	held this position previously
Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica
Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications	Juhan Parts	held this position previously; former Prime Minister
Minister of Education and Research	Jaak Aaviksoo	former Minister of Defence; former rector of Tartu University
Minister of Defence	Mart Laar	former Prime Minister
Minister of Agriculture	Helir-Valdor Seeder	held this position previously;
Minister of Regional Affairs	Siim-Valmar Kiisler	held this position previously;
Minister of Internal Affairs	Ken-Marti Vaher	former Minister of Justice

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 [[Andrus Ansip]] is the current [[Prime Minister of Estonia]]; his first cabinet took office on 12 April 2005 after being approved by [[Riigikogu]] by 53 members out of 101. His cabinet was formed with pragmatic calculations, as it consisted of ministers from free market liberal [[Reform Party of Estonia]], populist and personalist [[Estonian Centre Party]] and agrarian [[People's Union of Estonia]]. Reform Party and People's Union had participated in the previous government led by [[Juhan Parts]] (of conservative [[Res Publica Party|Res Publica]]).
-Parts resigned on 24 March 2005 after his Minister of Internal Affairs [[Ken-Marti Vaher]] (also members of [[Res Publica Party]]) was sacked by Riigikogu.
+Parts resigned on 24 March 2005 after his Minister of Justice [[Ken-Marti Vaher]] (also member of [[Res Publica Party]]) was sacked by Riigikogu.
 The second cabinet of Andrus Ansip was approved by the ''Riigikogu'' on 5 April 2007, and it consisted of representatives of the [[Estonian Reform Party]], [[Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica]] and [[Social Democratic Party (Estonia)|Social Democratic Party]].
-As in the dire economic situation the government turned out incapable to solve the problem of required budget cuts the Social Democratic Party was dropped from the coalition on 21 May 2009 and its three ministers were relieved from their posts. Coalition talks with the [[People's Union of Estonia]] were derailed on 1 June 2009 by councils of the People's Union and of the Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica. Therefore, since 4 June 2009 the cabinet continues as a minority cabinet.
+As in the dire economic situation the government turned out incapable to solve the problem of required budget cuts the Social Democratic Party left from the coalition on 21 May 2009 and its three ministers were relieved from their posts. Coalition talks with the [[People's Union of Estonia]] were derailed on 1 June 2009 by councils of the People's Union and of the Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica. Therefore, from 4 June 2009 the cabinet continued as a minority cabinet.
 The third cabinet of Andrus Ansip was approved by the Riigikogu on 6 April 2011, and it consisted of representatives of the [[Estonian Reform Party]] and [[Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica]].
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