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Andrus Ansip
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Andrus Ansip is an Estonian chemist and politician who was born in 1956. He is notable for his role in Estonian politics and public life, bringing his scientific background to leadership positions in his country.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andrus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Tartu
- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Estonia
- Educated at
- York University
- Political party
- Communist Party of Estonia
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Christian
- Image
- Andrus Ansip 2022 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Tallinn
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- Commons category
- Andrus Ansip
- date of birth
- 1956-10-01
- name in native language
- Andrus Ansip
- social media followers
- 51864
- P10632
- Andrus Ansip
- affiliation string
- Digital Single Market, European Commission
- affiliation
- European Commission
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Encyclopedic overview
Andrus Ansip ( Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑnːtrus ˈɑnʲːsʲipː]; 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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