Kadri Simson (née Must, born 22 January 1977) is an
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, a ...
n politician from the
Centre Party,
European Commissioner for Energy in the
von der Leyen Commission
The von der Leyen Commission is the current European Commission, in office since 1 December 2019 and is to last until the 2024 elections. It has Ursula von der Leyen as its president and it further consists of one commissioner from each of the ...
since 1 December 2019. She was previously Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications in
Jüri Ratas' first cabinet from 2016 to 2019.
In 2015 she unsuccessfully challenged party leader
Edgar Savisaar
Edgar Savisaar (31 May 1950 – 29 December 2022) was an Estonian politician, one of the founding members of Popular Front of Estonia and the Centre Party. He served as the acting Prime Minister of Estonia, Minister of the Interior, Ministe ...
for his role after an almost uninterrupted 25-year tenure. Savisaar won the vote of 541 delegates, to Simson's 486, from a total of 1,051.
From 2009 to 2016 Simson was the chairwoman of the Centre Party fraction in the
Riigikogu
The Riigikogu (; from Estonian ''riigi-'', of the state, and ''kogu'', assembly) is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation, the Parliament appoints high officials, including the Prime Minister and Chief Just ...
.
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1977 births
21st-century Estonian politicians
21st-century Estonian women politicians
Alumni of University College London
Estonian Centre Party politicians
Estonian European Commissioners
Government ministers of Estonia
Living people
Members of the Riigikogu, 2007–2011
Members of the Riigikogu, 2011–2015
Members of the Riigikogu, 2015–2019
Members of the Riigikogu, 2019–2023
Women members of the Riigikogu
Politicians from Tartu
University of Tartu alumni
Women European Commissioners
Women government ministers of Estonia
European Commissioners 2019–2024
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