Taavi Rõivas
| Taavi Rõivas | |
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| 17th Prime Minister of Estonia | |
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In office 26 March 2014 – 23 November 2016 |
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| President |
Toomas Hendrik Ilves Kersti Kaljulaid |
| Preceded by | Andrus Ansip |
| Succeeded by | Jüri Ratas |
| Minister of Social Affairs | |
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In office 11 December 2012 – 26 March 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Andrus Ansip |
| Preceded by | Hanno Pevkur |
| Succeeded by |
Helmen Kütt (Social Protection) Urmas Kruuse (Health and Labour) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Taavi Rõivas 26 September 1979 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Political party | Reform Party |
| Spouse(s) | Luisa Värk |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Tartu |
Taavi Rõivas (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈtɑːʋi ˈrɤiʋɑs]; born 26 September 1979) is an Estonian politician, former leader of the Reform Party and former Prime Minister of Estonia. 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 lost a no confidence motion (63 votes to 28) after two parties (Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica and Social Democratic Party) in the ruling coalition sided with the opposition.
Rõivas graduated from Tallinn Secondary Science School and from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the University of Tartu in international economics and marketing.
Rõivas joined the Reform Party in 1998. His political career began as an advisor to Minister of Justice Märt Rask from 1999 to 2002. He was Mayor of Haabersti district of Tallinn 2004–2005 and advisor to the Minister of Population Affairs Paul-Eerik Rummo from 2003 to 2004. In 2005, he became an advisor to the Prime Minister and Reform Party Leader Andrus Ansip. He was elected to the Tallinn City Council in 2005 and to the Riigikogu in 2007 and again in 2011.
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