Toomas Tõniste (born 26 April 1967) is an Estonian sailor and politician, and the former Minister of Finance.

[1] Tõniste competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988.

He won a silver and a bronze medal in the men's 470 class, for the Soviet Union (silver, 1988) and for Estonia (bronze, 1992).

[3] Between 2007 and 2015, Tõniste was a member of the 11th and 12th Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia), serving as Chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs.

[4] On 7 June 2017, Tõniste replaced Sven Sester as Minister of Finance of Estonia.