Andrus Ansip

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Andrus Ansip
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Andrus Ansip (born October 1, 1956 in Tartu , Estonia ) is an Estonian chemist and politician. From 2004 to 2014 he was chairman of the liberal Estonian Reform Party ( Estonian Eesti Reformierakond ). From 2005 to 2014 he was Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia . In the Juncker Commission of the European Union , Andrus Ansip was Vice President and Commissioner for the Digital Single Market from 2014 to 2019 . From January 1 to July 9, 2017, he was interim commissioner for digital economy and society .

Life

Ansip graduated from Tartu University in 1979 with a degree in chemistry . Before he went into politics, he dealt with: a. with banks and investments . He was a member of the board of directors of Bank of Tartu (Estonian: Rahvapank ), chairman of the board of Livonia Privatization IF and chairman of the board of Investment Fund Broker Ltd (Estonian: Fondiinvesteeringu Maakler AS ). Ansip was also CEO of Radio Tartu .

Andrus Ansip is married and has three daughters.

Political activity

Ansip during the 53rd MSC 2017

Mayor of Tartu

In 1998 Ansip was elected mayor of Tartu as a candidate of the Reformierakond (reform party) , he held the office until 2004. He ran several times in elections for the Estonian parliament, but renounced his mandate in order to remain mayor.

Chairman of the Reformierakond and Minister of Economics

When the Minister for Economic Affairs and Communications Meelis Atonen , a party friend , had to resign from the Juhan Parts coalition government , Ansip succeeded him on September 13, 2004. Ansip was elected chairman of the Reformierakond on November 21, 2004 after the party founder and previous chairman, former Prime Minister Siim Kallas , had been appointed EU commissioner and vice-president of the European Commission.

prime minister

On March 31, 2005, Estonian President Arnold Rüütel asked Ansip to form a government after Prime Minister Juhan Parts had submitted his resignation on March 24, 2005 . Ansip formed a coalition from his party, Keskerakond ("Center Party") and Rahvaliit ("People's Union"), which was confirmed by the Riigikogu on April 12, 2005. The government was supported by 53 of the 101 parliamentarians, 40 MPs voted against. Ansip was then officially sworn in as Prime Minister of Estonia on April 13, 2005 together with his cabinet .

In the course of the relocation of a memorial erected in 1947 during the Soviet occupation of Estonia for the soldiers of the Red Army who died in World War II from the city center to a military cemetery, which was personally operated by Ansip, serious riots and looting broke out in Tallinn on April 27 and 28, 2007 in which mostly young people of Russian origin participated. The relocation of the monument caused a serious crisis between Estonia and Russia.

After the elections for the 11th Riigikogu , Andrus Ansip's second cabinet was appointed on April 4, 2007 by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and sworn in before the Riigikogu on April 5, 2007 . In addition to members of his own party, he included representatives from Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit and the social democratic SDE .

After a dispute over measures to combat the economic crisis , which the Prime Minister believes should include cuts for pensioners and the unemployed, Ansip and the Social Democrats fell apart in May 2009. On May 21, President Ilves Ansip followed suit to dismiss the three social democratic ministers. Ansip headed a minority government until the next parliamentary election on March 6, 2011. The Ansip III cabinet , appointed by President Ilves on April 5, 2011, consisted of the Reform Party and Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit. The government relied on a parliamentary majority of 56 out of 101 seats.

On March 26, 2014 Ansip was replaced as prime minister by his party colleague Taavi Rõivas , after prior announcement of his withdrawal . The media initially saw Siim Kallas as the most promising candidate for the successor.

European Union

In the 2014 European elections Ansip was in a deputy European Parliament voted. He received the most person votes from any candidate. There he belongs to the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe .

Since November 1, 2014, Andrus Ansip has been Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for the Digital Single Market in the Juncker Commission . From January 1 to July 9, 2017, he was also temporarily commissioner for digital economy and society. He took over this office from Günther Oettinger, who became Commissioner for Financial Planning and Budget , as his predecessor Kristalina Georgiewa moved to the World Bank.

Ansip prefers Microsoft software for government agencies. He is critical of open source .

Awards

literature

Web links

Commons : Andrus Ansip  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Estonia's head of government Ansip announces resignation , Süddeutsche.de. February 23, 2014. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. 
  2. ^ Estonia PM Ansip resigns - Europe's longest-serving PM , BBC News. 4th March 2014. 
  3. ^ Out after nine years in office - Estonia's Prime Minister Ansip resigns , n-tv. 4th March 2014. 
  4. ↑ New EU digital commissioner: Oettinger's successor Gabriel is in office , heise.de, July 11, 2017
  5. ↑ The state in Microsoft's hands. In: sueddeutsche.de. February 19, 2018, accessed March 21, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Ansip, Andrus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian politician and chemist, Prime Minister of Estonia (since 2005), MEP
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Tartu