Ministry of Justice (Estonia)

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The Estonian Ministry of Justice (Estonian: Justiitsministeerium) is the Ministry of Justice of Estonia. The current Minister of Justice is Urmas Reinsalu.

Estonian Ministers of Justice

The Minister of Justice (Estonian: justiitsminister) is the senior minister at the Ministry of Justice (Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi Justiitsministeerium) in the Estonian Government. The Ministry is responsible for providing support to the court system and providing legal focus in proposing new laws.

Ministers

• Jüri Raidla (3 April 1990 – 30 January 1992)
• Märt Rask (30 January 1992 – 21 October 1992)
• Kaido Kama (21 October 1992 – 23 May 1994)
• Urmas Arumäe (2 June 1994 – 8 November 1994)
• Jüri Adams (8 November 1994 – 17 April 1995)
• Paul Varul (17 April 1995 – 6 November 1995; 6 November 1995 – 17 March 1997; 17 March 1997 – 25 March 1999)
• Märt Rask (25 March 1999 – 28 January 2002; 28 January 2002 – 10 April 2003)
• Ken-Marti Vaher (10 April 2003 – 13 April 2005)
• Rein Lang (13 April 2005 – 5 April 2007; 5 April 2007 – 5 April 2011)
• Kristen Michal (6 April 2011 – 10 December 2012)
• Hanno Pevkur (10 December 2012 – 26 March 2014)
• Andres Anvelt (26 March 2014 - 9 April 2015)
• Urmas Reinsalu (9 April 2015 - present)

External links

• Official website