Eleven former government ministers have signed a joint address to the prime minister, the president and the Riigikogu speaker, calling on them to take urgent steps towards reaching a cross-party consensus on strategic issues in resolving the coronavirus crisis.
On Monday and Tuesday, social media was awash with messages of support for Estonia s first female prime minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) and her (almost) gender-balanced government. ERR s Estonian portal compared the number of men and women in previous coalitions.
Kallas government, which was sworn in on Tuesday, has seven female ministers and eight male ministers, meaning women make up 46.67 percent of ministerial roles in government - the highest proportion for a government in independent Estonia s history.
In Kallas new coalition, women hold the positions of prime minister, justice, foreign, culture, education, social protection and finance ministers.
But how do previous governments compare?