Andrus Ansip

Andrus Ansip is an <a href="/facts/Estonia/PVjB16TI">Estonian</a> politician, a member of the European Parliament, the former <a href="/facts/European_Commissioner_for_Digital_Agenda/flM9rzoE">European Commissioner for Digital Single Market</a> and <a href="/facts/Vice-President_of_the_European_Commission/oNCyLanN">Vice President</a> of the European Commission, in office from 2014 until 2019. Previously, he was <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Estonia/BkFntE8v">Prime Minister of Estonia</a> from 2005 to 2014 and chairman of the <a href="/facts/Liberalism/nj54a01U">liberal</a> <a href="/facts/Estonian_Reform_Party/UQwSLjJ4">Estonian Reform Party</a> (<a href="/facts/Estonian_language/ywCJos4e">Estonian</a>: 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 <a href="/facts/European_Commission/Cc5JgbEI">European Commission</a>.

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Andrus Ansip