Kaja Kallas, who leads the centre-right Reform Party, will become the country’s premier after forming a coalition government with the centre-left Centre Party. Kallas, who was a deputy for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 2014 until 2018, subsequently became the first female chair of the Reform Party, of which her father, […]
Estonia s new government sworn in with first-ever female Prime Minister
The Reform Party emerged as the winner of Estonia s 2019 general election under Kallas lead but she failed to form a government at the time.
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HELSINKI: Estonia s new two-party coalition government has been sworn in with the first female prime minister in the Baltic country since it regained independence in 1991.
The 15-member Cabinet of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas a 43-year-old lawyer and a former European Parliament lawmaker was approved Tuesday in the 101-seat Riigikogu legislature after President Kersti Kaljulaid had first appointed it.
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