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21-647: The National Audit Office of Estonia was established on 27 December 1918 with a decision by the Estonian Provincial Assembly . Aleksander Oinas became the first Auditor General on January 6, 1919. Due to the ongoing Estonian War of Independence , a military department was formed under the National Audit Office on January 26, 1919, with an agreement between the Auditor General and the Commander of

42-476: A new person, Jüri Kõrge became the acting Auditor General. On April 1, 2003, Mihkel Oviir was appointed to the position of Auditor General. On February 26, 2008, he started his second term. On April 7, 2013, his second term ended and Alar Karis took over his position. The institution was restructured on October 9, 2017, with the dissolution of previous departments and establishment of the Audit Department and

63-456: Is responsible for carrying out financial, compliance and performance audits. It is led by the Director of Audit, who is responsible for coordinating the work of audit groups, which are in turn led by audit managers. Altogether there are seven audit groups for different areas. The Development and Administrative Service supports the Audit Department and the Auditor General in their tasks. It is led by

84-981: The Autonomous Governorate of Estonia . On 28 November 1917, after the October Revolution in Russia , the Assembly declared itself the sole sovereign power in Estonia and called for the elections of the Estonian Constituent Assembly . On the eve of the German occupation of Estonia during World War I the council elected the Estonian Salvation Committee and issued the Estonian Declaration of Independence on 24 February 1918. On 12 April 1917

105-573: The Maapäev proclaimed itself the supreme legal authority of Estonia until the convening of the Constituent Assembly . The Committee of Elders was authorized to issue laws. The council was then dissolved by force on 26 November by the Bolsheviks, compelling leading politicians to go underground. In the Constituent Assembly elections in early 1918, which were organised by the Bolsheviks, two-thirds of

126-567: The Russian Provisional Government issued an order on the provisional autonomy of Estonia. The Governorate of Estonia (now northern Estonia) was merged with Estonian-speaking northern part of the Governorate of Livonia (now southern Estonia), to form the autonomous governorate . The Russian Provisional Government decreed that the provincial assembly be created with members elected by indirect universal suffrage . Elections for

147-562: The 62 deputies of the Maapäev were held in many stages; members representing the rural communities were elected in two-tiered elections in May–June, while the town representatives were elected in July–August 1917. The election process saw the creation and reorganization of Estonian national parties. Six parties were represented at the diet, with three independent deputies and two deputies representing

168-520: The Development and Administrative Service. On April 9, 2018, Janar Holm became the new Auditor General. The National Audit Office of Estonia is headed by the Auditor General, who is proposed by the President and appointed by the parliament for a term of five years. The institution consists of two main departments - the Audit Department and the Development and Administrative Service. The Audit Department

189-465: The Director, who is responsible for coordinating the work of the institution and supporting the Auditor General in various administrative tasks. Estonian Provincial Assembly The Estonian Provincial Assembly or Estonian State Diet, also often called by its Estonian name Maapäev , was elected in May–June 1917 during the Russian Revolution as the provincial parliament ( diet ) of

210-579: The Estonian Defence Forces . More departments were formed later that year. On February 5, a law was passed, which determined the tasks of the institution. On May 8, A. Oinas became the Minister of the Interior and Aleksander Käsk became the acting Auditor General. On July 1, Karl August Einbund was appointed the Auditor General and led the organization until July 30, 1920, when he also became Minister of

231-459: The Interior. Peeter Reisik took over the position until he was replaced by Ferdinand Vellner on October 11, 1920. On 22 September 1919 the Audit Board of the National Audit Office approved regulations, which stipulated the areas of focus, structure of the organization, mandate and tasks of the Auditor General, composition of the Audit Board, procedures etc. Also, during that year, the audit office

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252-415: The acting Auditor General. Juhan Parts took over the position on June 9, 1998. In 2000, the National Audit Office was reorganized with the establishment of three auditing departments, based on the types of audits instead of fields of audit. A new National Audit Office Act was passed on January 29, 2002. By his own request, Juhan Parts was released from his position on October 8, 2002. Until the appointment of

273-412: The end of the year the working group had presented a new concept, which envisaged the dissolution of 31 state agencies. Some of the responsibilities of those bodies were to be taken over by a new audit office. During that same year, work began to formulate an act for national auditing. In May 1989, a delegation visited the national audit offices of Finland and Sweden to gain knowledge and experience to draft

294-629: The local German and Swedish-speaking minorities. In the wake of the November 1917 Bolshevik coup in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), when the Bolshevik "Estonian Military Revolutionary Committee" staged a similar coup in the Estonian capital Reval (Tallinn), the Maapäev refused to recognize the new Bolshevik rule. The Bolsheviks then attempted to disband the council. In its last meeting on 15 November 1917,

315-629: The new legislation. At the end of the year, another visit was made by Finnish state auditors to Estonia, to present an overview of the Finnish auditing organization. On April 4, 1990, the Supreme Soviet of Estonia approved the dismantling of the People's Control Committee system. An attempt was made by a former leader of the People's Control Committee to reverse the decision, but this ultimately failed due to lack of political support. The National Audit Office Act

336-601: The restoration of independence . In October 1992, the National Audit Office of Estonia became a member of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions , and on 16 April 1993, became a member of EUROSAI . Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signed an agreement on the cooperation of their respective audit offices in October 1994. On 31 October 1997, Hindrek-Peeter Meri's term concluded and Rein Söörd temporarily became

357-527: The voters supported the parties who stood for national statehood. The Bolsheviks then immediately proclaimed the elections null and void. On 19 February 1918, the Committee of Elders of the Land Council decided to proclaim Estonian independence. A Salvation Committee (a three-member committee formed by the Maapäev as executive body for the time when the activities of the Assembly were hindered) with special powers

378-629: Was appointed in July 1929. On June 17, 1940, the Soviets occupied Estonia . Karl Soonpää was released on July 10 and on July 13 Aleksander Aben became acting Auditor General. The National Audit Office was finally disbanded on August 25, 1940. On May 29, 1989, a working group was established to reorganize the control bodies of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic by the Council of Ministers. By

399-467: Was made responsible for overseeing the printing of Estonian money. This meant that the audit office had to send representatives to Finland, where the money was printed. Aleksander Oinas became the Auditor General again on March 17, 1921. On November 16, 1926, he was replaced by Johannes Friedrich Zimmermann . In 1927 a limit was introduced on the number of officials at the audit office. A new Auditor General, Karl-Johannes Soonberg (later named Karl Soonpää),

420-485: Was passed on June 6, 1990, which meant the restoration of the National Audit Office of Estonia. On September 20, Hindrek-Peeter Meri was appointed the Auditor General. On November 1, the institution started its work in the former ESSR Planning Committee building at Suur-Ameerika 1, Tallinn . In February 1991, the office moved to another building at Narva maantee 4. On August 20, 1991, the Republic of Estonia officially declared

441-607: Was set up for that purpose. On 24 February, after the Bolsheviks abandoned Tallinn and one day before German forces occupied the country's capital city, the Salvation Committee issued a formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Estonia . After the German occupation of Estonia ended, the Maapäev continued as the legislature of Estonia until 1919. Mihkel Oviir Mihkel Oviir (born 11 October 1942 in Märjamaa )

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