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Siim Kallas
Kallas in 2014
European Commissioner for Transport
In office 9 February 2010 – 1 November 2014
President
José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by
Antonio Tajani
Succeeded by
Violeta Bulc
European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud
In office 22 November 2004 – 9 February 2010
President
José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by
Neil Kinnock (Administrative Reform)
Succeeded by
Maroš Šefčovič (Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration) Algirdas Šemeta (Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud)
European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs
In office 1 May 2004 – 22 November 2004 Served with Joaquín Almunia
President
Romano Prodi
Preceded by
Pedro Solbes
Succeeded by
Joaquín Almunia
14th Prime Minister of Estonia
In office 28 January 2002 – 10 April 2003
President
Arnold Rüütel
Preceded by
Mart Laar
Succeeded by
Juhan Parts
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 9 November 1995 – 21 November 1996
Prime Minister
Tiit Vähi
Preceded by
Riivo Sinijärv
Succeeded by
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Member of the Riigikogu
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 March 2019
Personal details
Born
(1948-10-02) 2 October 1948 (age 75) Tallinn, Estonia
Political party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (before 1991) Reform Party (since 1994)
Spouse
Kristi Kallas
Children
2, including Kaja
Alma mater
University of Tartu
Siim Kallas (Estonian pronunciation:[ˈsiːmˈkɑlːɑs]; born 2 October 1948) is an Estonian politician, former Prime Minister of Estonia, and former European Commissioner, as well as a former member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. [1]
He served as the European Commissioner for Transport between 2010 and 2014. Before that he was the European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud between 2004 and 2009. In both Barroso Commissions he was also a Vice-President. He was twice appointed the Acting Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro in Olli Rehn's stead, from 19 April 2014 to 25 May 2014 while he was on electoral campaign leave for the 2014 elections to the European Parliament and from 1 July 2014 to 16 July 2014 after he took up his seat.[2][3]
Prior to his tenure as a European Commissioner, Kallas was the Prime Minister of Estonia, Estonian Minister of Finance, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, a member of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union and a member of the Riigikogu. Kallas is a member and former leader of the free-market liberal Estonian Reform Party and a former vice-president of Liberal International.
After leaving the European Commission, Kallas ran in the Estonian presidential election in 2016, but was not elected. In October 2017, he started as the municipal mayor of Viimsi Parish.[4] His daughter, Kaja Kallas, is the current prime minister of Estonia.
^"The liberal communist". Politico. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^"Six commissioners head for EU election campaign trail". EUobserver. 3 April 2014.
^"KUNA : Barroso announces caretaker replacements following resignation of 4 EU Commissioners – Politics – 01/07/2014". kuna.net.kw.
^"Interview: Siim Kallas on ambitions, Estonian politics, and EU presidency". ERR. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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while acknowledging the advances it had already made in this respect. SiimKallas was twice acting commissioner in his stead, from 19 April 2014 to 25...
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partner in the governing coalition. The current prime minister is Kaja Kallas of the Reform Party. She took the office on 26 January 2021 following the...
to Minister of Defence Kalle Laanet from 2018 until 2019, advisor to SiimKallas from 2019 until 2021, and was the campaign manager of the Reform Party...
President José Manuel Barroso Preceded by Jacques Barrot Succeeded by SiimKallas Member of the European Parliament In office 1 July 2014 – 12 October...
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