Kaja Kallas
Kaja Kallas | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Vice-President of the European Commission | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2024 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen II |
| Preceded by | Josep Borrell |
| High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2024 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen II |
| Preceded by | Josep Borrell |
| Prime Minister of Estonia | |
| In office 26 January 2021 – 23 July 2024 | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | Jüri Ratas |
| Succeeded by | Kristen Michal |
| Leader of the Estonian Reform Party | |
| In office 14 April 2018 – 8 September 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Hanno Pevkur |
| Succeeded by | Kristen Michal |
| Member of the Riigikogu | |
| In office 3 March 2019 – 26 January 2021 | |
| Constituency | Harju–Rapla |
| In office 6 March 2011 – 1 July 2014 | |
| Constituency | Harju–Rapla |
| Member of the European Parliament for Estonia | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 5 September 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 June 1977 Tallinn, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Party | Estonian Reform (since 2010) |
| Spouses | Roomet Leiger
(m. 2002; div. 2006)Arvo Hallik (m. 2018) |
| Domestic partner | Taavi Veskimägi (2011–2014) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Eduard Alver (great-grandfather) |
| Education | |
| Signature | |
| Website | kajakallas |
Kaja Kallas (Estonian: [ˈkɑjɑ ˈkɑlːɑs]; born 18 June 1977) is an Estonian politician and diplomat. She was the first female prime minister of Estonia, a role she held from 2021 until 2024, when she resigned in advance of her appointment as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Since 2024, she has served in that role as well as Vice-President of the European Commission in the second von der Leyen Commission.
The daughter of former prime minister Siim Kallas, she was leader of the Estonian Reform Party from 2018 to 2024 and a member of the Riigikogu during 2011–2014 and 2019–2021. Kallas was a member of the European Parliament during 2014–2018, representing the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. Before her election to Riigikogu, she was a lawyer specialising in European competition law.