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Taavi Rõivas
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Key facts
- President
- Toomas Hendrik Ilves , Kersti Kaljulaid
- Preceded by
- Andrus Ansip
- Succeeded by
- Jüri Ratas
- Prime minister
- Andrus Ansip
- Born
- ( 1979-09-26 ) 26 September 1979 (age 46) , Tallinn , then part of Estonian SSR , Soviet Union
- Party
- Reform
- Spouse
- Luisa Värk
- Alma mater
- University of Tartu
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Taavi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Estonia
- Place of birth
- Tallinn
- Spouse
- Luisa Rõivas
- Occupation
- economist
- Political party
- Estonian Reform Party
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Image
- RE Taavi Rõivas.jpg
- Work location
- Tallinn
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- 1979-09-26
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- 39883
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Encyclopedic overview
Taavi Rõivas ( Estonian pronunciation: [ˈtɑːʋi ˈrɤi̯ʋɑs]; born 26 September 1979) is an Estonian former politician and businessman who served as Prime Minister of Estonia from 2014 to 2016. He led the Reform Party from 2014 to 2017 and was previously the Minister of Social Affairs from 2012 to 2014. On 9 November 2016, his second cabinet dissolved after his coalition partners, the Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica and Social Democratic Party, sided with the opposition in a no confidence motion.
Political career
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