Ministry of the Interior
Agency overview
Formed24 February 1918
JurisdictionGovernment of Estonia
HeadquartersPikk 61 Tallinn, Estonia
Annual budget464 mln € EUR (2022)
Minister responsible
Child agencies
Websitehttps://www.siseministeerium.ee/en/
The Ministry of Internal Affairs building in the old town of Tallinn.

The Ministry of the Interior of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Siseministeerium) is a Ministry in the Estonian Government. The current Minister of the Interior is Lauri Läänemets.

In 2018, Estonia’s ministry of interior planned to introduce the world’s first digital nomad visa in accordance to celebrating its 100 years of independence.[1] The purpose of this visa is to allow non-Estonians access to Estonian services from abroad. This is an addition to groundbreaking initiatives like e-residency[2] and border-less banking which has listed the country as one of the most digitally advanced nations of the decade.[3]

List of ministers

List of ministers of internal affairs since 1990:[4]

References

  1. "Estonia wants to introduce special visa for digital nomads". ComputerWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  2. "Estonia plans its Digital Nomad Visa - Enterprise Times". Enterprise Times. 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  3. "Focus on collaboration at D5 government showcase - Business to Business". Business to Business. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  4. "Siseministeerium" [Ministry of the Interior] (in Estonian). Estonia: Estonian Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2010-12-22.


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