Kaja Kallas

Kaja Kallas

High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission

Kaja Kallas has been the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission since 2024. Before moving to this role, HR Kallas was the Prime Minister of Estonia since January 2021 and the leader of the Reform Party since 2018. HR Kallas was a Member of Riigikogu (Parliament) from 2019 to 2021 and from 2011 to 2014. Between her two terms at Riigikogu, from 2014 to 2018, HR Kallas served as a Member of the European Parliament (representing the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe), where her primary focus was on the Digital Single Market strategy and energy and consumer policies. Before entering politics, she was an attorney-at-law, specialising in European and Estonian competition law, and a partner in two law firms. HR Kallas has been awarded the CEPA Transatlantic Leadership Award, the 2022 Grotius Prize, the Hayek International Prize, the European Prize for Political Culture, the Lord Byron International Prize, the Prix de l’Europe awarded by L’Express, and the Marion Dönhoff Prize.

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Updated: February 20, 2025