Andrus Ansip
Andrus Ansip ( born October 1, 1956 in Tartu, Estonia) is an Estonian chemist and politician. Since 2005 he has been Prime Minister of Estonia, and chairman of the Estonian Reform Party (Estonian Eesti Reformierakond ). Ansip announced on February 23, 2014 Posted on March 4, 2014 to withdraw, Siim Kallas will follow him, Ansip will replace the office with Kallas and will be Commissioner.
Life
Ansip graduated Tartu University in 1979 with a degree in chemistry. Before he entered politics, he dealt among other things, with banks and investments. He was a member of the Board of the Bank of Tartu (Estonian: Rahvapank ), CEO of Livonia Privatisation IF and CEO of the Investment Fund Broker Ltd (Estonian: Fondiinvesteeringu Maakler AS). In addition, Ansip was CEO of Radio Tartu.
Mayor of Tartu
1998 Ansip was elected as the candidate of Reformierakond ( Reform Party ) as Mayor of Tartu, he held the office until 2004. Several times he stood as a candidate in elections to the Estonian Parliament but maintained in each case on its mandate to remain mayor can.
Chairman of the Reformierakond and Minister of Economy
When the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Meelis Atonen, a party colleague, had to resign his office in the coalition government of Juhan Parts, Ansip was on 13 September 2004, his successor. On 21 November 2004 Ansip was elected chairman of the Reformierakond after the party founder and former chairman, former Prime Minister Siim Kallas, the EU Commissioner and Vice President of the European Commission had been appointed.
Prime minister
On 31 March 2005, the Estonian President Arnold Rüütel Ansip commissioned thus to form a government after on 24 March 2005 Prime Minister Juhan Parts had submitted his resignation. Ansip formed a coalition of his party, Keskerakond ( " Centre Party " ) and Rahvaliit ( " People's Union "), which was confirmed by the Riigikogu on 12 April 2005. The Government was supported by 53 of the 101 MPs, 40 MPs voted against it. Ansip subsequently officially together with his Cabinet sworn in as Prime Minister of Estonia on 13 April 2005.
In the course of personally operated by Ansip laying a 1947 built during the Soviet occupation of Estonia monument to the fallen in the Second World War, soldiers of the Red Army from the city center to a military cemetery took place on 27 and 28 April 2007 in Tallinn to serious rioting and looting, which largely participated russian-born adolescents. The relocation of the monument led to a serious crisis between Estonia and Russia.
After the elections for the 11th Riigikogu, the second cabinet of Andrus Ansip was appointed on 4 April 2007 by the President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and sworn in on 5 April 2007 in front of the Riigikogu. In addition to members of his own party he representative of Isamaa used to belong to the Res Publica and the Social Democratic Liit SDE.
After a dispute relating to measures against the economic crisis, the cuts for pensioners and the unemployed should include the Prime Minister 's view, it came in May 2009 to a rift between Ansip and the Social Democrats. On May 21, followed by President Ilves Ansips request to dismiss the three social democratic minister. Until the next parliamentary election on March 6, 2011 Ansip was faced with a minority government. The 5 April 2011 appointed by President Ilves Cabinet Ansip III consists of the Reform Party and Res Publica Liit Isamaa yes. The government is based on a parliamentary majority of 56 seats out of 101.