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Taavi Rõivas

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Taavi Rõivas

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Estonian politician (born 1979)

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Type
Person
Country
EE
Active from
1987-02-06

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Key facts

President
Toomas Hendrik Ilves , Kersti Kaljulaid
Preceded by
Andrus Ansip
Succeeded by
Jüri Ratas
Prime minister
Andrus Ansip
Born
( 1979-09-26 ) 26 September 1979 (age 46) , Tallinn , then part of Estonian SSR , Soviet Union
Party
Reform
Spouse
Luisa Värk
Alma mater
University of Tartu

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Encyclopedic overview

Taavi Rõivas ( Estonian pronunciation: [ˈtɑːʋi ˈrɤi̯ʋɑs]; born 26 September 1979) is an Estonian former politician and businessman who served as Prime Minister of Estonia from 2014 to 2016. He led the Reform Party from 2014 to 2017 and was previously the Minister of Social Affairs from 2012 to 2014. On 9 November 2016, his second cabinet dissolved after his coalition partners, the Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica and Social Democratic Party, sided with the opposition in a no confidence motion.

Political career

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