Riina Sikkut (born 12 January 1983) is an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n politician of the Social Democratic Party of Estonia who served as Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure in the second cabinet of Prime Minister

Kaja Kallas Kaja Kallas (; born 18 June 1977) is an Estonian politician and diplomat. She was the first female prime minister of Estonia, a role she held from 2021 until 2024, when she resigned in advance of her appointment as High Representative of the ...

. She also served as Minister of Health and Labour in

Jüri Ratas' first cabinet Jüri () is a small borough () in Harju County, northern Estonia. It is located southeast of the capital Tallinn, by the Tallinn–Tartu road (E263), directly after the intersection with Tallinn Ring Road (nr. 11). Jüri is the administrative ...

. She was sworn in on 2 May 2018, after the former minister

Jevgeni Ossinovski Jevgeni Ossinovski (born 15 March 1986) is the mayor of Tallinn and former leader of the Estonian Social Democratic Party. Ossinovski was voted as mayor in an especial meeting of the city council after the no confidence motion of his predeces ...

had vacated the seat, and left the office on 29 April 2019. Sikkut was sworn in as

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in the third cabinet of

on 17 April 2023 and served until 11 March 2025. After the Social Democratic Party was removed from government by its coalition partners, she was succeeded by Karmen Joller.

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* 1983 births Living people Social Democratic Party (Estonia) politicians Government ministers of Estonia 21st-century Estonian women politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 2023–2027 Women members of the Riigikogu {{Estonia-2023-Riigikogu-politician-stub