Kaja Kallas
Estonian Reform Party
In undertaking to perform the duties of a member of the Government of the Republic, I am aware that I shall bear responsibility in this office before the Republic of Estonia and my conscience. I solemnly swear to remain faithful to the constitutional order of the Republic of Estonia and to devote my strength to securing the welfare and future of the people of Estonia.
17 April 2023, Tallinn
Kaja Kallas is the head of the 53rd Government of the Republic of Estonia from 17 April 2023.
Kaja Kallas was born on 18 June 1977 in Tallinn. She is married and a mother of two sons and a daughter. Kallas joined the Estonian Reform Party in 2011 and has led the party since 14 April 2018.
Employment history and career
- Since 2021, she has been the prime minister.
- In 2019–2021, she was a member of the 14th Riigikogu and the Chairman of the Faction.
- In 2014–2018, she was a member of the European Parliament.
- In 2011–2014, she was a member of the 12th Riigikogu; in 2011, she served as the Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee and in 2014, the Chairman of the Faction.
- In 2010–2011, she was a Training Provider at the EBS Management Training Centre.
- In 2006–2011, she was an Attorney At Law and Partner at the law firm Luiga Mody Hääl Borenius.
- In 1998–2006, she was an Attorney At Law and Partner at the law firm Tark & Co.
- In 1996–1997, she was an Adviser to the Director of the Vanemuine Theatre.
Education
Kaja Kallas graduated from the University of Tartu in 1999 with a degree in law and undertook her postgraduate studies at the Estonian Business School in 2007.
Awards
Prime Minister Kallas has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania, CEPA Transatlantic Leadership Award, the 2022 Grotius prize, the Hayek International Prize, European Prize for Political Culture, 2nd Class Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (Ukraine, 2023), the Commander Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (Sweden, 2023), the Marion Dönhoff Prize, the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Award of the International Republican Institute, the Lord Byron International Prize, the European Liberal of the Year, the Woman in Power Award (Women of Europe Awards).