Siim Kallas

Siim Kallas


European Commissioner for Transport
In office 9 February 2010 – 1 November 2014
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Antonio Tajani
Succeeded by	Violeta Bulc
European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud
In office 22 November 2004 – 9 February 2010
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Neil Kinnock (Administrative Reform)
Succeeded by	Maroš Šefčovič (Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration) Algirdas Šemeta (Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud)
European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs
In office 1 May 2004 – 22 November 2004 Served with Joaquín Almunia
President	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Pedro Solbes
Succeeded by	Joaquín Almunia
Prime Minister of Estonia
In office 28 January 2002 – 10 April 2003
President	Arnold Rüütel
Preceded by	Mart Laar
Succeeded by	Juhan Parts
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 9 November 1995 – 21 November 1996
Prime Minister	Tiit Vähi
Preceded by	Riivo Sinijärv
Succeeded by	Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Personal details
Born	(1948-10-02) 2 October 1948 Tallinn, Estonia
Political party	Communist Party (Before 1991) Reform Party (1994–present)
Alma mater	University of Tartu

Siim Kallas (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈsiːm ˈkɑlˑɑs]; born 2 October 1948 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician, who most recently served as European Commissioner for Transport between 2010 and 2014. Before that he was European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud between 2004 and 2009. In both Barroso Commissions he was also vice-president.

Kallas has been Prime Minister of Estonia, Estonian Minister of Finance, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Member of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union and member of the Riigikogu. Kallas is a member and former leader of the free-market liberal Estonian Reform Party. Kallas was a vice-president of Liberal International.

He was twice appointed Acting Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro in Olli Rehn's stead, from 19 April 2014 – 25 May 2014 while he was on electoral campaign leave for the 2014 elections to the European Parliament and from 1 July 2014 – 16 July 2014 after he took up his seat.^[1]^[2]

Education

1966–1969 Budget and Finance, University of Tartu, B.Sc.
1969–1972 Junior Sergeant, Soviet Armed Forces Corps of Signals.
1972–1974 Economics of environmental protection, University of Tartu, M.Sc.
1974-1977 Economics of environmental protection, University of Tartu, Kandidat Nauk (PhD).

Career

1969-1972 : Signals officer in Soviet Army
1975–1979: Specialist at the Finance Ministry Planning Committee of the Estonian SSR
1979–1986: Joint Secretary of the Central Authority of the Savings Banks of the Estonian SSR.
1986–1989: Deputy chief editor of the Communist Party of Estonia newspaper Rahva Hääl
1989–1991: Chairman of the Central Union of the Estonian Trade Unions
1989–1991: Member of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union
1991–1995: President of the Bank of Estonia
1995–2004: Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Estonia
1995–1996: Minister of Foreign Affairs
1996: Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
1999–2002: Minister of Finance
2002–2003: Prime minister
2004–2004: EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, serving with Joaquín Almunia
2004–2010: EU Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud and Vice-president of the Commission
2010–2014: EU Commissioner for Transport and Vice-president of the Commission

Personal life

Siim Kallas at the electromobility summit 2013 in Berlin

Language skills: Active: Estonian (mother tongue), English (primary working language), Russian (secondary working language), Finnish, German. Passive: French. Married to doctor Kristi Kallas; one son and one daughter Kaja, who is a member of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The ancestors of Siim Kallas were of Estonian and Baltic German origin. Kallas has been an active participant in the restoration of Estonian statehood.

Criticisms and Drawbacks

Avoidance of tackling the issues in public caused him to renounce his candidacy to the office of Prime Minister of Estonia in 2014.^[3]^[4]

References

External link and sources

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Political offices
Preceded by Rein Otsason	Chairperson of the Bank of Estonia 1991–1995	Succeeded by Vahur Kraft
Preceded by Riivo Sinijärv	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1995–1996	Succeeded by Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Preceded by Niels Helveg Petersen	Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe 1996	Succeeded by Tarja Halonen
Preceded by Mart Opmann	Minister of Finance 1999–2002	Succeeded by Harri Õunapuu
Preceded by Mart Laar	Prime Minister of Estonia 2002–2003	Succeeded by Juhan Parts
New office	Estonian European Commissioner 2004–2014	Succeeded by Andrus Ansip
Preceded by Pedro Solbes	European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs 2004 Served alongside: Joaquín Almunia	Succeeded by Joaquín Almunia
Preceded by Neil Kinnock as European Commissioner for Administrative Reform	European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud 2004–2010	Succeeded by Maroš Šefčovič as European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration
		Succeeded by Algirdas Šemeta as European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud
Preceded by Antonio Tajani	European Commissioner for Transport 2010–2014	Succeeded by Violeta Bulc

Heads of Government of Estonia

Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Päts (Poska)

Prime Ministers	Päts (Poska) Strandman Tõnisson Birk Tõnisson Piip

State Elders	Piip Päts Kukk Päts Akel Jaakson Teemant Tõnisson Rei Strandman Päts Teemant Einbund Päts Tõnisson Päts

Prime Minister in Duties of the State Elder	Päts Päts

President-Regent	Päts

Prime Ministers	Eenpalu Eenpalu Uluots vacant Tief¹

Prime Ministers in Exile	Rebane Sikkar Kint Warma Kint Mark Penno

Prime Ministers	Savisaar Vähi Laar Tarand Vähi Siimann Laar Kallas Parts Ansip Rõivas

Acting or Deputy Heads of Government 1-later Soviet prisoner

European Commissioners for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud

O'Kennedy Burke Christophersen Schmidhuber Liikanen Kinnock Kallas

European Commissioners for Transport

Bodson Coppé Scarascia-Mugnozza Burke Contogeorgis Clinton-Davis Van Miert Matutes Oreja Kinnock de Placio Barrot Tajani Kallas

Barroso Commission I (2004–09)

Joaquín Almunia Catherine Ashton⁶ José Manuel Barroso¹ Jacques Barrot² Joe Borg Karel De Gucht⁹ Stavros Dimas Benita Ferrero-Waldner Ján Figeľ¹⁰ Franco Frattini^{2, 5} Mariann Fischer Boel Dalia Grybauskaitė⁷ Danuta Hübner⁸ Siim Kallas² László Kovács Neelie Kroes Meglena Kuneva³ Markos Kyprianou⁴ Peter Mandelson⁶ Charlie McCreevy Louis Michel⁹ Leonard Orban³ Andris Piebalgs Janez Potočnik Viviane Reding Olli Rehn Paweł Samecki⁸ Maroš Šefčovič¹⁰ Algirdas Šemeta⁷ Vladimír Špidla Antonio Tajani^{2, 5} Androulla Vassiliou⁴ Günter Verheugen² Margot Wallström²

1 = President. 2 = Vice President. 3 = Served from 1 January 2007. 4 = Vassiliou replaced Kyprianou on 3 March 2008. 5 = Tajani replaced Frattini on 18 June 2008. 6 = Ashton replaced Mandelson on 3 October 2008. 7 = Šemeta replaced Grybauskaitė on 1 July 2009. 8 = Samecki replaced Hübner on 4 July 2009. 9 = De Gucht replaced Michel on 17 July 2009. 10 = Šefčovič replaced Figeľ on 1 October 2009.

Barroso Commission II (2009–14)

Foreign Affairs and Security Policy	Catherine Ashton¹ (2010–14)

Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship	Viviane Reding² (2010–2014) Martine Reicherts (2014)

Competition	Joaquín Almunia² (2010–14)

Transport	Siim Kallas² (2010–14)

Digital Agenda	Neelie Kroes² (2010–14)

Industry and Entrepreneurship	Antonio Tajani² (2010–14) Ferdinando Nelli Feroci (2014)

Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration	Maroš Šefčovič² (2010–14)

Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro	Olli Rehn² (2010–14) Jyrki Katainen² (2014)

Environment	Janez Potočnik (2010–14)

Development	Andris Piebalgs (2010–14)

Internal Market and Services	Michel Barnier² (2010–14)

Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth	Androulla Vassiliou (2010–14)

Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud	Algirdas Šemeta (2010–14)

Trade	Karel De Gucht (2010–14)

Health	John Dalli (2010-12) Tonio Borg (2012–14)

Research, Innovation and Science	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (2010–14)

Financial Programming and the Budget	Janusz Lewandowski (2010–14) Jacek Dominik (2014)

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries	Maria Damanaki (2010–14)

International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis	Kristalina Georgieva (2010–14)

Energy	Günther Oettinger² (2010–14)

Regional Policy	Johannes Hahn (2010–14)

Climate Action	Connie Hedegaard (2010–14)

Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy	Štefan Füle (2010–14)

Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion	László Andor (2010–14)

Home Affairs	Cecilia Malmström (2010–14)

Agriculture and Rural Development	Dacian Cioloș (2010–14)

Consumer Policy	Neven Mimica (2013–14)

1 = First Vice President. 2 = Vice President.

European Commissioners for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro

Robert Marjolin Raymond Barre Wilhelm Haferkamp François-Xavier Ortoli Henning Christophersen Yves-Thibault de Silguy Pedro Solbes Joaquín Almunia Siim Kallas Joaquín Almunia Olli Rehn Siim Kallas (Acting) Jyrki Katainen Pierre Moscovici

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 62632376 GND: 12958911X

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