SIIM KALLAS

Harju County and Rapla County electoral district 

2 October 1948, Tallinn
Married, son and daughter, four grandchildren 

Education: Jakob Westholm Gymnasium (former Tallinn Secondary School No. 22) 1967 (gold medal); University of Tartu, finance and credit (equivalent to Master’s degree) 1972 (cum laude); post-graduate studies 1972–1975

Career: Ministry of Finance, official 1975–1979; Head of Central Board of Savings Funds 1979–1986; newspaper Rahva Hääl, Deputy Editor-in-Chief 1986–1989; Chairman, Estonian Trade Union Confederation 1989–1991; Governor of Eesti Pank 1991–1995; Minister of Foreign Affairs 1995–1996; Minister of Finance 1999–2002; Prime Minister 2002–2003; Vice President of the European Commission 2004–2014; Viimsi Rural Municipality Mayor 2017–2019

Party affiliation: Estonian Reform Party 1994– 

Membership in representative bodies: XII Supreme Soviet and Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union 1989–1991; 8th–10th Riigikogu (Chairman of faction 1995, 1996–1999, 2003–2004), 14th Riigikogu (Vice-President 2019–2021, Chairman of the European Union Affairs Committee 2021– ); Viimsi Rural Municipality Council 2019–, also elected in 1996, 1999 and 2017

Awards: Order of the National Coat of Arms, 2nd class 2003; Order of the National Coat of Arms, 1st class, 2015;
National Order of the Legion of Honour of France, Grand Officer; Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Other activities: 2010 founded Kristi and Siim Kallas Foundation for interpreting the history of Estonia through theatrical art at the Estonian National Culture Foundation; host of radio programme “Mnemoturniir” 1976–1989; Visiting Professor at the University of Tartu; books “Turumajandus ehk kodanike riik. Artikleid ja kõnesid aastatest 1988–2003” 2003; “Piiridest suurem Eesti. Kõned ja artiklid 2003–2004” 2004; “Kallas. Esseed, mõtted ja päevakaja 2004–2015” 2016; “Vabaduse ja kurjuse vahel. Euroopa Liidu lugu” 2018

Hobbies: reading, theatre, classical music and jazz, cycling, hiking.

15.02.2021