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Siim Kallas' Cabinet
Siim Kallas's cabinet was in office in Estonia from 28 January 2002 to 10 April 2003, when it was succeeded by Juhan Parts's cabinet. Members This cabinet's members were the following: * Siim Kallas – Prime Minister * Ain Seppik – Minister of Interior Affairs * Kristiina Ojuland – Minister of Foreign Affairs * Märt Rask – Minister of Justice * Liina Tõnisson – Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications References {{Reflist Cabinets of Estonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juhan Parts's Cabinet
Juhan Parts's cabinet was in office in Estonia from 10 April 2003 to 13 April 2005, when it was succeeded by Andrus Ansip's first cabinet. Members {, class="wikitable" , + Juhan Parts's cabinet !Position !Name , - , {{center, Prime Minister , Juhan Parts , - , {{center, Minister of Interior Affairs , Margus Leivo , - , {{center, Minister of Foreign Affairs , Kristiina Ojuland , - , {{center, Minister of Justice , Ken-Marti Vaher , - , {{center, Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications , Meelis Atonen Meelis Atonen (born 5 December 1966 in Viljandi) is an Estonian politician and entrepreneur. He has been a member of the IX, X and XI Riigikogu representing the Estonian Reform Party The Estonian Reform Party ( et, Eesti Reformierakond) is ... References {{Reflist Cabinets of Estonia {{Estonia-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siim Kallas
Siim Kallas (; born 2 October 1948) is an Estonian politician, former Prime Minister of Estonia, and former European Commissioner. He served as the European Commissioner for Transport between 2010 and 2014. Before that he was the European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud between 2004 and 2009. In both Barroso Commissions he was also a Vice-President. He was twice appointed the Acting Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro in Olli Rehn's stead, from 19 April 2014 to 25 May 2014 while he was on electoral campaign leave for the 2014 elections to the European Parliament and from 1 July 2014 to 16 July 2014 after he took up his seat. Prior to his tenure as a European Commissioner, Kallas was the Prime Minister of Estonia, Estonian Minister of Finance, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, a member of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union and a member of the Riigikogu. Kallas is a member and former leader of the free-market liberal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain Seppik
Ain Seppik (born 12 March 1952 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician. He has been a member of the X and XI Riigikogu representing the Estonian Centre Party. 2002-2003 he was Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Seppik, Ain Living people 1952 births Estonian Centre Party politicians Ministers of the Interior of Estonia Members of the Riigikogu, 2003–2007 Members of the Riigikogu, 2007–2011 20th-century Estonian politicians 21st-century Estonian politicians Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class University of Tartu alumni Politicians from Tallinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Ojuland
Kristiina Ojuland (born 17 December 1966 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia) is an Estonian politician. She was the Foreign Minister of Estonia from 2002 through 2005. She was a member of the Estonian Reform Party from 1995 till 5 June 2013 and from 2009 to 2014 she served as one of the six Estonian MEPs in the European parliament. She was expelled from the Reform Party because of alleged vote rigging on 5 June 2013.Estonian MEP Kristiina Ojuland Ejected From Reform Party Over Alleged Vote Rigging ERR News She later founded the Party of People's Unity, which failed to gain any seats in the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Märt Rask
Märt Rask (born 19 December 1950) is an Estonian attorney, jurist, and politician who was the Estonian Minister of the Interior from 1995 to 1996, as well as being the Justice Minister in 1992 and from 1999 to 2003 and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia from 2004 to 2013. Biography Rask is the son of lawyer Valdeko Leeto (1927–1992). Rask's son, Rasmus Rask (born 1977) was a member of the Estonian Bar Association from 2000 to 2001. Rask graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu in 1978. Starting 1 August 1978, From August 1, 1978, he was a member of the Estonian SSR Lawyers' College. From 1978 to 1979, he worked as a legal adviser in Pärnu and Tallinn. He is currently a partner of Rask Advokaadibüroo. Political career Rask later became the Deputy Legal Director and Head of Legal Advice from 1979 to 1990, as well as the first Deputy Minister of Justice of the Estonian SSR from 1990 to 1992. From 1995 to 1996, Rask was the Estonian Minister of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liina Tõnisson
Liina Tõnisson (born 24 May 1940 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician. She has been a member of VII, VIII, IX, X and XI Riigikogu. In 1964 she graduated from Tallinn Polytechnical Institute in engineering economics. From 1995 to 2004, she was a member of Estonian Central Party The Estonian Centre Party ( et, Eesti Keskerakond, EK) is a populist political party in Estonia. It was founded in 1991 as a direct successor of the Popular Front of Estonia, and it is currently led by Jüri Ratas. The party was founded on 12 Oc .... From 1995 until 2002 she was the Minister of Economic Affairs in the second government of Tiit Vähi, and from 2002 until 2003, she was the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications in the government of Siim Kallas. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tonisson, Liina Living people 1940 births Estonian Centre Party politicians Women members of the Riigikogu Members of the Riigikogu, 1992–1995 Members of the Riigikogu, 1995–1999 Members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
