Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia

Chairman of the Reform Party and Prime Minister Andrus Ansip has led Estonia’s government since April 2005, when a new coalition was formed between elections. Before this he held the portfolio of Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications. As the leader of the party that won the elections, Andrus was asked to form a government in both 2007 and 2011. From 1998 to 2004 Andrus held the post of Mayor of Tartu. His previous service record goes back to private businesses operating in trade and banking, but he was also one of the founders of Radio Tartu. He is a chemist by education – he graduated from Tartu State University in 1979 and later studied agronomy at the Estonian Academy of Agriculture.