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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?
EKRE, Isamaa, Eesti 200 and the Greens will announce their candidates for mayor of Tallinn by the summer, the parties have said. The Social Democrats and Center parties have already announced their candidates.
Chairman of Isamaa s Tallinn region Olle Koop told ERR said the issue has not yet been discussed and the process is being hindered by the inability to hold face-to-face meetings due to the coronavirus restrictions. No one has been discussed, no one has been ruled out, he said, adding the candidate should be announced by the start of summer.
Koop did not rule out that Lavly Perling, the former Prosecutor General who has expressed support for Isamaa s Parempoolsed association, could become a candidate.