On 9 November 2016 his second cabinet dissolved after coalition partners, Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica and Social Democratic Party, sided with the opposition in a no confidence motion.

On 12 March Kallas unexpectedly announced he would not seek the post, due to media scrutiny of his actions as President of the Bank of Estonia in the early 1990s.

[4][5] Rõivas became prime minister after the President Toomas Hendrik Ilves approved his proposed cabinet on 26 March 2014.

[9] On 7 November 2016, the Social Democratic Party (SDE) and Pro Patria & Res Publica Union (IRL) announced that they were asking Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas to resign for lack of trust among the coalition partners.

[11] Rõivas explained the situation by refusing to resign and arguing that a democratic-elected government should be only removed by a democratic vote.

[18] Rõivas apologized for the behavior of the delegation and announced his resignation as the deputy speaker, but insisted on continuing as an MP for the Reform Party.