Jaak Jõeruut (born December 9 1947) is the defense minister of Estonia. He was appointed to that position in November 2004 in the Juhan Parts government. When Parts resigned in April 2005, Jaak Jõeruut was one of the few ministers retained in the Andrus Ansip government. Jõeruut was also acting foreign minister of Estonia for a few days in February 2005.
