Government and executive power

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• Government

  The 1922 constitution stipulates that executive power in Estonia belongs to the Government of the Republic. The government, however, is no more than the pinnacle ...
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• Ministries

  The government is a body that makes political decisions; the drafts of resolutions and regulations are prepared in the relevant ministries. The latter total 12 ...
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• Institutions of executive power and the public service

  In their communications with state power, ordinary citizens rarely have any direct contact with the government or the ministries. They pay taxes to the tax ...
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• The supervision of executive power

  Executive power is the largest and potentially the most powerful branch of authority, with the majority of the resources of the state budget at its ...
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