Siim Kallas is an Estonian politician,former Prime Minister of Estonia,and former European Commissioner. He served as the European Commissioner for Transport between 2010 and 2014. Before that he was the European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs,Audit and Anti-Fraud between 2004 and 2009. In both Barroso Commissions he was also a Vice-President. He was twice appointed the Acting Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro in Olli Rehn's stead,from 19 April 2014 to 25 May 2014 while he was on electoral campaign leave for the 2014 elections to the European Parliament and from 1 July 2014 to 16 July 2014 after he took up his seat.
The Estonian Centre Party is a populist political party in Estonia. It was founded in 1991 as a direct successor of the Popular Front of Estonia,and it is currently led by Jüri Ratas.
The Estonian Reform Party is a liberal political party in Estonia. The party has been led by Kaja Kallas since 2018. It is colloquially known as the "Squirrel Party".
The Social Democratic Party is a centre-left political party in Estonia. It is currently led by Lauri Läänemets. The party was formerly known as the Moderate People's Party. The SDE has been a member of the Party of European Socialists since 16 May 2003 and was a member of the Socialist International from November 1990 to 2017. It is orientated towards the principles of social-democracy,and it supports Estonia's membership in the European Union. From April 2023,the party has been a junior coalition partner in the third Kallas government.
Marianne Mikko is an Estonian politician and former Member of the European Parliament and former Member of the Parliament of Estonia for the Social Democratic Party,part of the Party of European Socialists. Mikko was born in Võru.
Roberts Zīle is a Latvian economist and politician and Vice President of the European Parliament for the National Alliance,a free market national conservative political party in Latvia. In the seventh term of the European Parliament,he works in the European Conservatives and Reformists group;he is a member of European Conservatives and Reformists Group Executive and a member of the group Bureau. He was formerly vice-president of the now defunct Union for a Europe of Nations group.
Alain Lamassoure is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. He was a member of Les Républicains,which is part of the European People's Party,and was the chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets from July 2009 until June 2014.
Eero Olavi Heinäluoma is a Finnish politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. A former chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Party,he was replaced in the party's leadership by Jutta Urpilainen in June 2008. He was Speaker of the Parliament of Finland 2011–2015.
Isamaa is a Christian-democratic and national-conservative political party in Estonia.
Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius was a Lithuanian economist and politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Lithuania from February to November 1996. He previously served as the Minister of Social Security and Labour from 1993 to 1994,and after being prime minister,was a member of the Seimas from 1996 to 1998,and later Minister of Health from 1998 to 1999. Formerly a member of the Communist Party of Lithuania,following independence he joined the newly formed Democratic Labour Party.
Martin Padar is an Estonian judoka,who has competed in the men's half heavyweight (-100 kg),but now competes in the heavyweight (+100 kg) category. A former European champion,he has also competed at two Olympics,the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics.
Katrin Saks is an Estonian politician and journalist. From 1999 to 2002,she was Minister of Population Affairs in the cabinet of Mart Laar. She was the vice-chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party from 2005 to 2010. In October 2006 she became Member of the European Parliament,replacing Toomas Hendrik Ilves,who had been elected President of Estonia. She lost her seat in the 2009 European election,but shortly regained it,when on 7 April 2014 she replaced Ivari Padar who became Estonian Minister for Agriculture,until in July she was succeeded by Marju Lauristin following the 2014 European election. As of 2011,she is a director of Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School.
Pascal Canfin is a French politician of La République en marche (LREM) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (EUP) since 2019. In the 2019 elections for the UE Parliament,he was elected in the list of Renew Europe group and serves as chair of the Environment,Public Health and Food Safety Committee;following his initiative,the European Parliament declares in December 2019 a "climate state of emergency"
Algirdas Butkevičius is a Lithuanian politician and was Prime Minister of Lithuania,serving between 2012 and 2016. He also served as the Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2005 and the Minister of Transport and Communications from 2006 to 2008. He led the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania from 2009 to 2017.
Lars Mikael Damberg is a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party. He served as Minister for Finance from 2021 to 2022. He previously served as Minister for Enterprise from October 2014 to January 2019 and as minister for home affairs from January 2019 to November 2021.
Sven-Erik Österberg is a Swedish official and former social-democratic politician. He is Governor of Stockholm County since 1 February 2018 and previously served as Governor of Norrbotten County from 1 October 2012 to 31 January 2018. Österberg was Minister for Financial Markets from 2004 to 2006.
Sven Mikser is an Estonian politician.
Taavi Rõivas is an Estonian politician,former Prime Minister of Estonia from 2014 to 2016 and former leader of the Reform Party. Before his term as the Prime Minister,Rõivas was the Minister of Social Affairs from 2012 to 2014. On 9 November 2016 his second cabinet dissolved after coalition partners,Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica and Social Democratic Party,sided with the opposition in a no confidence motion. At the end of 2020,Rõivas announced quitting politics,and resigned from his parliament seat.
Taavi Rõivas' first cabinet was the cabinet of Estonia from March 26, 2014 to March 30, 2015. It was a coalition cabinet of free market liberal Estonian Reform Party and Social Democratic Party.
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė is a Lithuanian lawyer and politician,Member of the European Parliament and former long-term Minister for Social Security and Labour. Blinkevičiūtėis a member of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania since 2006.
