The Minister of Education and Research is the senior minister at the Ministry of Education and Research (Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium) in the Estonian Government.
The current Minister of Education and Research is Tõnis Lukas, who took the position on 18 July 2022.
Post of the Minister of Education was created at the birth of independent Republic of Estonia on 24 February 1918.
From 1928 to 1936 the official title was the Minister of Education and Social Affairs.
With the restoration of independent Republic of Estonia on 20 August 1991 the Ministry regained its supreme authority on educational issues.