Dec 1, 2024 · Kaja Kallas is the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission. Her task is to lead a more strategic and assertive foreign and security policy that better enables the EU to pursue its strategic interests and shape the global system.

Since 2024, she has served as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in the second von der Leyen Commission. The leader of the Estonian Reform Party since 2018, she was a member of parliament (Riigikogu) in 2011–2014, and 2019–2021.

3 days ago · Kaja Kallas, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission . During the last three years, we have witnessed the atrocities committed by Russia against the Ukrainian people. Let me be clear, these crimes will be met with full accountability.

Jul 15, 2024 · Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has stepped down as the leader of the Baltic country to become the foreign policy chief of the European Union later this year.

Dec 2, 2024 · The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy conducts the EU’s common foreign and security policy, presides over the Foreign Affairs Council, builds consensus between the EU member states and ensures consistency and coherence of …

Dec 5, 2024 · Kaja Kallas has been given a vote of confidence with a clear mandate and expectations for the EU’s foreign policy, security, and defense by the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen. In her Mission Letter to Kallas, von der Leyen outlines the main priorities to addressing this new era of geostrategic rivalries.

6 days ago · Kaja Kallas, who served as prime minister of Estonia until July 2024, said "every euro spent on school, healthcare and welfare [was] vulnerable" if the bloc didn't maintain strong defences.

Jan 30, 2025 · When she was prime minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas represented 1.3 million people in a tiny nation sandwiched between Russia and the Baltic Sea.

Kaja Kallas served as the prime minister of Estonia from 2021 to 2024. In 2024, she was awarded the Walther Rathenau Prize in recognition of outstanding lifetime achievement in foreign policy.

Nov 13, 2024 · Kaja Kallas, a candidate for the positions of EU High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, highlighted the war in Ukraine and the Middle East conflict as her top priorities at a confirmation hearing before the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) on Tuesday.