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Estonia

Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia.
See also: European Union

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 1,091 entities connected with Estonia. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We include 3 data sources published by authorities or organizations based in Estonia. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Estonia

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Estonia.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 703 entities identified as PEPs connected with Estonia.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
President1--
Prime Minister1--
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Minister of Climate1--
Minister of Culture1101
Minister of Defence111-
Minister of Economic Affairs & Information Technology1--
Minister of Education and Research19-
Minister of Finance111-
Minister of Foreign Affairs110-
Minister of Health1--
Minister of Justice191
Minister of Regional Affairs141
Minister of Social Protection13-
Minister of the Interior19-
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the Riigikogu10132897
National judicial branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief Justice of Supreme Court-21
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Auditor General-21
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of Estonia to Belgium-11
ambassador of Estonia to Canada-2-
ambassador of Estonia to Finland-51
ambassador of Estonia to France-11
ambassador of Estonia to Latvia-21
ambassador of Estonia to Norway-21
ambassador of Estonia to Tajikistan-1-
ambassador of Estonia to the Holy See--1
ambassador of Estonia to the United Kingdom-51
ambassador of Estonia to Turkmenistan-1-
ambassador of Estonia to Ukraine-2-
ambassador of France to Estonia-41
ambassador of Germany to Estonia-4-
ambassador of Hungary to Estonia-1-
ambassador of Iceland to Estonia-1-
ambassador of Israel to Estonia-11
ambassador of Poland to Estonia-5-
ambassador of Russia to Estonia-5-
ambassador of the United Kingdom to Estonia-31
ambassador of Ukraine to Estonia--1
Ambassador to the US1--
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--
United States Ambassador to Estonia--2

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Minister of Climate-12-
Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure-51
Minister of Health and Labour-6-
Minister of Public Administration-6-
Minister of Rural Affairs-51
Minister of Social Affairs-6-
President of the Riigikogu-51
Prime Minister of Estonia-51
Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces-41
Spouse of the President of Estonia-41
Governor of the Bank of Estonia13-
Minister of Agriculture-4-
Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications-4-
Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology-4-
Minister of Foreign Trade and Information Technology-4-
Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations-4-
President of Estonia-31
Chancellor of Justice-21
Minister of Population and Ethnic Affairs-3-
Prosecutor General-21
Minister of Entrepreneurship-2-
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia1--
Minister of Foreign Trade and Entrepreneurship-1-
President of the Republic of Estonia1--
Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia1--

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...