Riina Sikkut

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I want to live in an Estonia where everyone is free to make their own choices, where education, health care, and social welfare are accessible to everyone regardless of their income or place of residence, and where all workers get decent pay. My priority is to make sure that we have good health care, that we work smarter, and that equal treatment becomes the norm. Only through a caring society that pulls together can we ensure Estonia’s viability.

Social Democratic Party Parliamentary Group
Anti-Corruption Select Committee, Finance Committee
Electoral district: Mustamäe and Nõmme districts of Tallinn

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Riina Sikkut

Riina Sikkut

Tallinn City Districts of Mustamäe and Nõmme

12 January 1983 Inju Village, Vinni Rural Municipality, Lääne-Viru County

Married, three children

Education: Vinni-Pajusti High School 2001; University of Tartu, Public Economy 2005; University of London, MSc in Health Policy 2010.

Career: Ministry of Finance, Economic Analysis Department, Analyst 2005–2008; Swedbank, Credit Risk Control Department, Specialist 2008–2009; PRAXIS Centre for Policy Studies, Health Policy Programme Analyst 2011–2017; Government Office Strategy Unit, Social and Health Policy Adviser 2017–2018; Minister of Health and Labour 2018-2019, Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure 2022–2023, Minister of Health 2023–2025.

Party affiliation: Social Democratic Party 2018–, Vice-Chair.

Membership in representative bodies: 14th Riigikogu (Deputy Chair of political group 2019, Deputy Chair of the European Union Affairs Committee 2019–2021, Chair of the Anti-Corruption Select Committee 2022); 15th Riigikogu; elected to Tallinn City Council 2021 and 2025.

Hobbies: reading, pottery.

 5.05.2026

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  • Riigikogu otsuse "Ettepaneku tegemine Vabariigi Valitsusele töötada välja terviklik meetmete pakett lastega perede kindlustunde taastamiseks ja sündimuskriisi peatamiseks" eelnõu (870 OE) esimene lugemine

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The attendance check information only shows who were present or absent at the moment of attendance check and not during the whole day of the sitting.
31.08.2021 / 12:03
PresentPresent
 Attendance check
27.01.2021 / 12:00
AbsentAbsent
 Attendance check
25.02.2026 / 12:00
AbsentAbsent
 Attendance check
16.06.2025 / 18:03
Did not voteDid not vote
 Rejection Jäätmeseaduse muutmise ja sellega seonduvalt teiste seaduste muutmise seadus
16.06.2025 / 15:39
AbsentAbsent
 Approval of agenda
07.02.2022 / 15:34
In favourIn favour
 Approval of agenda
13.09.2021 / 15:46
In favourIn favour
 Final vote Kollektiivlepingu seaduse ja teiste seaduste muutmise seadus

Associations

Support Group for Mitigating Social Media’s Negative Impacts, , Vaccination Support Group, Support Group for Reducing the Damage Caused by Tobacco, Alcohol and Narcotic Drugs, Estonian Language Support Group, Estonian Defence Industry Support Group, LGBT+ Community Support Group, Estonia-Taiwan Support Group, Health Care Organisation and Financing Support Group, Tibet Support Group, Tallinn Hospital Support Group

Parliamentary groups

Estonia-Belgium Parliamentary Friendship Group, Estonia-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, Estonia-Botswana Parliamentary Friendship Group, Estonia-Chile Parliamentary Friendship Group, Estonia-Israel parliamentary friendship group, Estonia-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group

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