Estonian PM Resigns to Form New Government

14:27 15 July, 2022

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas resigned on Thursday in order to form a new government coalition in the Baltic country, euronews reports.

She will convene an extraordinary sitting of the parliament tomorrow to ask for a "mandate for the new government coalition" with the small conservative Fatherland "Isamaa" party and the opposition Social Democratic Party.

Kallas said in a statement that in order to form a new government, the current executive needed to resign. The three parties together will have a majority in the 101-seat Riigikogu legislature.

Estonian President Alar Karis said on Twitter that he had asked Kallas to form a new government "quickly" following the reshuffle.

The deal means that Kallas, Estonia’s first female prime minister, will avoid governing a one-party minority government.

I will form a new government. According to the constitution, I just announced that the current government will resign.

I’ve proposed to convene extraordinary parliament sitting on Friday, where I'll ask for a mandate for the new government coalition.

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— Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) July 14, 2022

Estonian PM Resigns to Form New Government

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