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Siim Kallas
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Siim Kallas is an Estonian politician, journalist, diplomat, and official born in Tallinn in 1948. He is a member of the Estonian Reform Party and previously belonged to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Kallas was educated at the University of Tartu and speaks Estonian, English, Russian, and Finnish. His native language is Estonian.
He has held several positions, including Prime Minister of Estonia, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs, and European Commissioner for Transport. He was a candidate in the 2016 Estonian presidential election. Kallas received the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. He is the father of Kaja Kallas.
As an author, Kallas has three works, including *Piiridest suurem Eesti*, *Estlands Weg in die Marktwirtschaft*, and *Turumajandus ehk kodanike riik*. He has worked in Tallinn.
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- Works
- 3
Top works
- Piiridest suurem Eesti
- Estlands Weg in die Marktwirtschaft
- Turumajandus ehk kodanike riik
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Key facts
- President
- José Manuel Barroso
- Preceded by
- Antonio Tajani
- Succeeded by
- Violeta Bulc
- Prime minister
- Tiit Vähi
- Born
- ( 1948-10-02 ) 2 October 1948 (age 77) , Tallinn , then part of Estonian SSR , Soviet Union
- Party
- Reform (since 1994)
- Other political affiliations
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union (until 1991)
- Spouse
- Kristi Kallas
- Children
- 2, including Kaja
- Relatives
- Eduard Alver (grandfather)
- Alma mater
- University of Tartu
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Kallas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Estonia
- Place of birth
- Tallinn
- Child
- Kaja Kallas
- Occupation
- journalist
- Political party
- Estonian Reform Party
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Estonian
- Image
- Kallas EC Portrait 2010.jpg
- Work location
- Tallinn
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- Siim Kallas
- date of birth
- 1948-10-02
- name in native language
- Siim Kallas
- candidacy in election
- 2016 Estonian presidential election
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- Siim Kallas
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Encyclopedic overview
Siim Kallas ( Estonian pronunciation: [ˈsiːːm ˈkɑlːɑs]; born 2 October 1948) is an Estonian former politician who served as Prime Minister of Estonia from 2002 to 2003 and as a European Commissioner from 2004 to 2014.
From 1972 to 1990 Kallas was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He worked in the finance ministry of Estonian SSR and was the director of the Estonian branch of State Labor Savings Banks System in 1986–1989. In 1987, Kallas was one of the authors of the IME plan for self-managing Estonia with Tiit Made, Edgar Savisaar and Mikk Titma. The plan proposed to make Estonia economically independent from the Soviet Union – adopting a market economy and establishing Estonia's own currency and tax system. Kallas was the chief editor of Rahva Hääl, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Estonia, in 1989–1991. He was elected a member of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union in the 1989 Soviet Union legislative election, the first partially free elections in the Soviet Union.
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