1. Andrus Ansip entered Parliament in 2004, quickly becoming Minister of Economic Affairs, and subsequently prime minister in April 2005.
21 Facts About Andrus Ansip
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Andrus Ansip worked as an engineer at the university from 1979 to 1983.
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Andrus Ansip was an instructor in the Industry Department and Head of the Organisational Department of the Tartu District Committee of the Soviet Union Communist Party Estonian branch Estonian Communist Party from 1986 to 1988.
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Andrus Ansip has been involved in several banking and investment ventures.
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Andrus Ansip has served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the People's Bank of Tartu, Chairman of the Board of Livonia Privatisation IF, and CEO of Investment Fund Broker Ltd.
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Andrus Ansip has served as Chairman of the board for Radio Tartu.
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From 1989 to 1993 Andrus Ansip managed a Tartu branch of AS Estkompexim.
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In 1998, Andrus Ansip was elected as Mayor of Tartu as a candidate of the centrist-right Reformierakond, a position which he held until 2004, to great popular acclaim and very high ratings in the opinion polls.
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Andrus Ansip was succeeded by fellow Reform Party member Laine Janes.
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On 21 November 2004, Andrus Ansip became Chairman of Estonian Reform Party because the party's founder and hitherto chairman, former prime minister Siim Kallas, had become EU Commissioner and vice president and thus had to move to Brussels.
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On 31 March 2005, Andrus Ansip was charged by President Arnold Ruutel to form a government, following 24 March 2005 resignation by Prime Minister Juhan Parts.
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Andrus Ansip was able to form a coalition with the Centre Party and the People's Union of Estonia, which was approved by the Riigikogu on 12 April 2005.
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Andrus Ansip was backed by 53 out of 101 members of the Riigikogu, 40 deputies voting against.
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Andrus Ansip was charged by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves to form a government.
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Andrus Ansip was charged by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves to form a government.
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On 4 March 2014, Andrus Ansip announced his resignation to enable a successor to lead his party into 2015 elections.
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Andrus Ansip was formally appointed by the European Council as vice president with the consent of the European Parliament.
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Andrus Ansip is a member of the European Internet Forum, the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital and the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
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In March 2024, Andrus Ansip announced that he would not stand in the 2024 European Parliament election.
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One of the most controversial actions of Andrus Ansip's government was relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn from a prominent location in the center of Tallinn to the Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn adjacent to the city center.
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Andrus Ansip is a member of the Estonian voluntary home guard organisation Kaitseliit since 10 November 2009.