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Andrus Ansip
MEP
Ansip in 2012
Member of the European Parliament
for Estonia
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2019
European Commissioner for Digital Single Market
In office
1 November 2014 – 1 July 2019
PresidentJean-Claude Juncker
Preceded byNeelie Kroes (Digital Agenda)
Succeeded byMaroš Šefčovič (Acting)
European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
Acting
In office
1 January 2017 – 7 July 2017
PresidentJean-Claude Juncker
Preceded byGünther Oettinger
Succeeded byMariya Gabriel
16th Prime Minister of Estonia
In office
12 April 2005 – 26 March 2014
PresidentArnold Rüütel
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Preceded byJuhan Parts
Succeeded byTaavi Rõivas
Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications
In office
23 September 2004 – 12 April 2005
Prime MinisterJuhan Parts
Preceded byMeelis Atonen
Succeeded byEdgar Savisaar
Mayor of Tartu
In office
10 September 1998 – 23 September 2004
Preceded byRoman Mugur
Succeeded byLaine Randjärv
Personal details
Born (1956-10-01) 1 October 1956 (age 67)
Tartu, Estonia
Political partyReform Party
SpouseAnu Ansip
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Tartu
Estonian University of Life Sciences
SignatureAndrus Ansip

Andrus Ansip (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑndrus ˈɑnʲˑsʲip]; born 1 October 1956) is an Estonian politician, a member of the European Parliament, the former European Commissioner for Digital Single Market and Vice President of the European Commission, in office from 2014 until 2019. Previously, he was Prime Minister of Estonia from 2005 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal Estonian Reform Party (Estonian: Reformierakond) from 2004 to 2014.

Before his entry into politics Ansip trained as a chemist, before working in banking and business. He entered Parliament in 2004, quickly becoming Minister of Economic Affairs, and subsequently prime minister in April 2005. On 1 November 2014, he was appointed to the European Commission.

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List of European Commissioners by nationality

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