European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Acting
In office 1 January 2017 – 7 July 2017
President
Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by
Günther Oettinger
Succeeded by
Mariya Gabriel
16th Prime Minister of Estonia
In office 12 April 2005 – 26 March 2014
President
Arnold Rüütel Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Preceded by
Juhan Parts
Succeeded by
Taavi Rõivas
Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications
In office 23 September 2004 – 12 April 2005
Prime Minister
Juhan Parts
Preceded by
Meelis Atonen
Succeeded by
Edgar Savisaar
Mayor of Tartu
In office 10 September 1998 – 23 September 2004
Preceded by
Roman Mugur
Succeeded by
Laine Randjärv
Personal details
Born
(1956-10-01) 1 October 1956 (age 67) Tartu, Estonia
Political party
Reform Party
Spouse
Anu Ansip
Children
3
Alma mater
University of Tartu Estonian University of Life Sciences
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Andrus Ansip (Estonian pronunciation:[ˈɑndrusˈɑnʲˑsʲip]; 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.
AndrusAnsip (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑndrus ˈɑnʲˑsʲip]; born 1 October 1956) is an Estonian politician, a member of the European Parliament, the former...
Democrats for Europe (ALDE). Reform Party leaders Siim Kallas, Taavi Rõivas, AndrusAnsip and Kaja Kallas have all served as prime ministers of Estonia. From 17...
Reform party leader AndrusAnsip as Prime Minister designate and asked him to form a new government, the eighth in twelve years. Ansip formed a government...
offer from ALDE to be the alliance's Spitzenkandidat. Incumbent MEP AndrusAnsip is not running for re-election. Since the 2023 Riigikogu election, the...
Economic Affairs and Communications in the new coalition of Prime Minister AndrusAnsip and worked in the post until March 2007. Since 2007 he has been mayor...
Reform Party and IRL continued in office until 2014 when Prime Minister AndrusAnsip resigned, ending his tenure as the longest-serving Prime Minister in...
Mart Laar became Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister AndrusAnsip and served until his resignation for reasons of health in May 2012. In...
Vice-President of the European Commission for the Digital Single Market AndrusAnsip, Vytenis Andriukaits, EC Commissioner and representatives of tech leaders...
Parliament and the largest opposition party. In 2008, the party criticised AndrusAnsip's policies, that in Centre Party's opinion have contributed to Estonia's...
support of the Estonian Government. In May 2005, Estonian Prime Minister AndrusAnsip visited Klooga and both condemned the Holocaust and expressed sorrow...
Fund in 2014. In April 2015, the Vice President of European Commission, AndrusAnsip, assigned Taavi Kotka to be his Special Adviser on Digital Single Market...
Party since 1995, and a diplomat. He was the Minister of Culture in AndrusAnsip's third cabinet until his resignation. Lang was born at Tartu. His father...
April 2005, when the Parts government fell. In April 2005, when the AndrusAnsip cabinet took office, he became Foreign Minister. During his time in office...
materialize. In 2022, 15 years after the election campaign, then-Reform leader AndrusAnsip commented that the promise had simply been a slogan and an appeal, telling...
presidential election. Miguel Arias Cañete served as Acting Commissioner. AndrusAnsip resigned on 1 July 2019 to serve as a Member of the European Parliament...
Between 2009 and 2014, Sulling was an adviser to the Prime Minister AndrusAnsip in matters related to macro-economics, the euro and the CO2 quota trade...
seven). MEPs that previously served as President or Prime Minister: AndrusAnsip of Estonia: Prime Minister (2005–2014) Traian Băsescu of Romania: President...
European Commissioner 2017–2023 Succeeded by Iliana Ivanova Preceded by AndrusAnsip Acting European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society 2017–2019...
growth. As a key priority for the newly President-elect Juncker, he made AndrusAnsip, the vice-president of the Commission, in charge of the DSM. The decision...
Masterclasses, on two Expo stages and at the Conference. These included AndrusAnsip, Vice President of the European Commission, Nasty Gal founder Sophia...