Vice-President of the European Commission
Mr Siim Kallas has been an active participant in the restoration of Estonian statehood and has served in Estonia as Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Central Bank. He has been elected to the Estonian Parliament three times. He also held the position of the Chairman of the Estonian Reform Party since the party’s creation in 1994 until November 2004, after which he became the Honorary Chairman of the party. Since November 2004, Mr Siim Kallas is a Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Administration, Audit and Anti-fraud.
Career in detail:
Since November 2004 Vice-President of European Commission
May 2004 November 2004 Member of European Commission
2003-2004 Member of Parliament and the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament
2002-2003 Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia
1999-2002 Minister of Finance of the Republic of Estonia
1995-1999 Member of Parliament and the Defense Committee of the Parliament
1995-1996 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia
1991-1995 President of the Bank of Estonia
1989-1991 Chairman of the Estonian Central Association of Trade Unions
1986-1989 Deputy Editor of Estonian daily newspaper “Rahva Hääl”
1979-1986 Director of the Estonian Central Board of Savings Banks
1975-1979 Finance Ministry of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Session: Welcome Speech, 20th September
