Kaja Kallas

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

• 2021-2024 prime minister.
• 2019–2021 member of the 14th Riigikogu and the Chairman of the Faction.
• 2014–2018 member of the European Parliament.
• 2011–2014 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.
• 2010–2011 Training Provider at the EBS Management Training Centre.
• 2006–2011 Attorney At Law and Partner at the law firm Luiga Mody Hääl Borenius.
• 1998–2006 Attorney At Law and Partner at the law firm Tark & Co.
• 1996–1997 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 L'Express Europe Award, the European Liberal of the Year, the Woman in Power Award (Women of Europe Awards).  

In 2024 Kaja Kallas was awarded the Walther Rathenau Prize.