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Andrus Ansip
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Andrus Ansip is an Estonian politician, chemist, and entrepreneur born in Tartu on October 1, 1956. He has served as the Prime Minister of Estonia and as a Member of the European Parliament. Ansip holds citizenship in Estonia and the Soviet Union. His political career includes membership in the Estonian Reform Party, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the Communist Party of Estonia. He is affiliated with the European Commission and the Digital Single Market.
Ansip was educated at the University of Tartu, the Estonian University of Life Sciences, and York University. He speaks Estonian, German, Russian, and English. His work locations have included Strasbourg, Brussels, and Tallinn. He is a Christian and has three children.
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- Andrus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Tartu
- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Estonia
- Educated at
- York University
- Political party
- Communist Party of Estonia
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Christian
- Image
- Andrus Ansip 2022 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Tallinn
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- Andrus Ansip
- date of birth
- 1956-10-01
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- Andrus Ansip
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- Digital Single Market, European Commission
- affiliation
- European Commission
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Encyclopedic overview
Andrus Ansip ( Estonian pronunciation: [ˈɑnːtrus ˈɑnʲːsʲipː]; born 1 October 1956) is an Estonian politician, a member of the European Parliament, the former European Commissioner for Digital Single Market and Vice President of the European Commission, in office from 2014 until 2019. Previously, he was Prime Minister of Estonia from 2005 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal Estonian Reform Party (Estonian: Reformierakond) from 2004 to 2014.
Before his entry into politics Ansip trained as a chemist, before working in banking and business. He entered Parliament in 2004, quickly becoming Minister of Economic Affairs, and subsequently prime minister in April 2005. On 1 November 2014, he was appointed to the European Commission.
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