Estonia to get first female PM as government deal clinched:
Estonia’s two biggest political parties say they have clinched a deal to form a new government to be ...
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Coalition Ushers Estonia's First Female LeaderKaja Kallas, 43, will lead a 15-member cabinet with seven ministers from each party, pending parliamentary approval in the 101-seat Riigikogu.
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- The Reform Party and the Center Party clinched a deal to form a 15-member government headed by Reform leader Kaja Kallas, who would become Estonia’s first female prime minister.
- Each party will hold seven ministerial portfolios alongside Kallas's premiership, which together would command a majority in the 101-seat Riigikogu pending lawmakers' approval.
- President Kersti Kaljulaid is expected to appoint Kallas's Cabinet in the next few days, with immediate priorities of tackling the worsening COVID-19 situation and pandemic-driven economic turmoil.
- The agreement replaces Juri Ratas's Cabinet, which resigned Jan. 13 amid a corruption scandal, and includes women in other key posts such as finance minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus and foreign minister Eva-Maria Liimets.
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