The elections of the Tallinn City Council’s 10th assembly took place on 17 October 2021 and terms of office began on 11 November 2021.

Membership of the City Council
The Composition of City Council Factions

City Council Chairman Toomas Kruusimägi
Executive assistant: Kaia-Liisa Laaniste
Chairman’s advisor: Väino Linde 


Deputy Chairman Sven Sester

Deputy Chairman´s advisor: Vesta Iva


Deputy Chairman Monika Haukanõmm

The Tallinn City Council’s regular information hour is held on Thursdays of every even week from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Info hour agenda 

Live broadcasts of the City Council’s information hours can be accessed via Youtube.

Regular sittings of the city council are held on Thursdays of every even week, starting at 4:00 PM.

• The sitting is convened by the council chairman or their deputy. In the absence of both it is convened by the oldest member of the city council. The first sitting of a newly elected council is convened by the Electoral Committee chairman or their deputy on the seventh day after the declaration of elections results at the latest.

• The chairman or their deputy also convenes the city council sitting if proposed by the city administration or by at least 1/4 of the city council to discuss question put forward by them.

• The Mayor also participates in sittings, and in the case of their absence is substituted by one of the deputy mayors.

• The City Council issues regulations as legislation of general application and adopts resolutions as individual acts.

Agendas and protocols of sittings:

• Tallinn City Council sittings from 1 October 2020 (Teele info system)

• For information regarding Tallinn City Council sittings and committees up to 30 September 2020 please refer to the Tallinn City Council Office. Agendas and protocols of leadership meetings

Live broadcasts of the City Council’s information hours and sittings can be accessed via Youtube.

Permanent committees
Education and Culture Committee
Environment and Climate Committee
Order and Consumer Protection Committee
City Planning Committee
City Property Committee
Finance Committee
Audit Committee
Social Welfare and Health Care Committee
Judicial Committee

Committee agendas and protocols

Reformierakond (Reform Party) Faction

Assistant Adviser: Hans-Kaarel Laes
[email protected]
Phone: +372 694 3231

Assistant Adviser: Lisete Roose
[email protected]

Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond (Social Democrat Party) Faction

Assistant Adviser: Monika Maljukov
[email protected]
Phone: +372 694 3222

Isamaa Erakond (Fatherland Party) Faction

Assistant Adviser: Kristjan Ühtid
[email protected]
Phone: +372 694 3233

Eesti 200 Party

Assistant Adviser: Joanna Veeremaa
[email protected]
Phone: +372 694 3248

Keskerakond (Centre Party) Faction

Assistant Adviser: Elina Rannaste
[email protected]
Phone: +372 694 3218

Assistant Adviser: Mark Jefimov
[email protected]
Phone: +372 694 3227

Eesti Konservatiivne Rahvaerakond (Conservative People’s Party) Faction

Assistant Adviser: Kadri Vilba
[email protected]
Phone: +372 694 3208

• The Tallinn City Council functions as a plenary. The working bodies of the city council are the leadership, permanent and temporary committees and factions.

• A faction can be formed by five or more members of the city council who have been elected according to the same electoral list. City council members belonging to the same electoral list can only form one faction.

• The city council authorises permanent committees according to problem areas, including the audit committee. The committees investigate issues related to city life and propose solutions to them. The audit committee controls the activities of the City Administration and its administrative agencies.

• The City Council issues regulations as legislation of general application and adopts resolutions as individual acts. Information regarding pending legal drafts, sitting protocols, etc. can be found in the information system Teele.

• The organisation of the city council's affairs, economic services and the work of the city council, its committees and factions are ensured by the City Council Office.

• Regular sittings of the city council are held on Thursdays of every even week, starting at 4:00 PM. Sittings can be viewed via Youtube. 

• The work of the city council is regulated by the Tallinn City Council rules of procedure.

When deciding on issues under local government jurisdiction, the city council remains independent and only acts in the name and interests of city residents.

Under the city council’s sole jurisdiction are:

• adoption and alteration of the city budget, establishing, changing and repealing of local taxes;

• granting support;

• adoption of the Tallinn development plan;

• forming and dissolution of districts, determination of their jurisdictions and approval of statutes;

• election of the mayor and releasing them from office;

• approval of the number, structure and candidates of the city administration.

The full list can be found in the Statute of Tallinn.

• Seats in sitting hall

The Tallinn City Council has selected entrepreneur Linnar Viik as the 2024 Citizen of the Year. The PoCo pop art museum founded by him has brought freshness to the capital’s cultural scene and gained recognition beyond Estonia’s borders.

Previous recipients include:

2023 – Aigi Heinonen
2022 – Natalja Mjalitsina
2021 – Ülle Rohi
2020 – The leaders of the "Igale koolilapsele arvuti" (“Computer for Every Schoolchild”) initiative: Daniil Golubev, Siimon Härm, Maria Rahamägi, Sven Jablonski, and Kätlin Rohilaid-Aljaste
2019 – Tiina Kala
2018 – Ain Järve