Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister
Andrus Ansip

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Date and place of birth: 1 October 1956, Tartu, Estonia

Education:
1979 Tartu State University, Speciality in Organic Chemistry
1974 Tartu Secondary School No 5

Further education:
1992 York University in Toronto, Business Management
1987–1989 Estonian Academy of Agriculture, Speciality in Agronomy
2000 British Council training in Brussels, Dublin and Edinburgh

Career:
2005– Prime Minister
2004–2005 Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications
1998–2004 Mayor of Tartu
1995–1996 Livonia Privatization IF, Chairman of the Board
1995–1996 Fondijuhtide AS (Fundmanager Ltd) – a fund manager for SEIF (a privatization investment fund), Chairman of the Management Board
1994–1998 Tartu Commercial Bank, Bankruptcy Trustee
1994–1998 Radio Tartu Ltd, Chairman of the Board
1994–1996 Estonian Social Bank, Head of Tartu Department; North Estonian Bank, Deputy Head of Tartu Department
1993–1995 Rahvapank (People’s Bank), Member of the Board of Directors
1993–1994 AS Rondam, Chairman of the Management Board and General Director 1989–1993 Joint Venture Estkompexim, Head of Tartu regional office
1986–1988 Estonian Communist Party, Tartu District Committee, Instructor of Industry Department, Head of Organisational Department
1983–1987 Tartu State University, General and Molecular Pathology Institute, coronary and cardio-surgery division, x-ray contrast substances laboratory, Senior Engineer
1981–1983 Military service in the Baltic Fleet
1979–1981 Tartu State University, Organic Chemistry Chair, Senior Engineer

Party membership: the Estonian Reform Party

Language skills:
Estonian – mother tongue
Russian and English fluent
German on communicative level
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