Kaja Kallas is the current High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission. She was Prime Minister of Estonia from January 2021 until July 2024. She became the leader of Estonia’s Reform Party in 2018, and was twice a Member of Parliament, (2011-2014; 2019-2021). From 2014 to 2018, Kallas served as a Member of the European Parliament (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe), where her primary focus was on the Digital Single Market strategy, energy and consumer policies. Before entering politics, Kallas was a lawyer, specialising in European and Estonian competition law, and a partner in two law firms. She graduated from Tartu University law school in 1999. Kallas was awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Ukraine, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania, CEPA Transatlantic Leadership Award, the 2022 Grotius prize, the Hayek International Prize, European Prize for Political Culture, 2nd Class Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (Ukraine, 2023), the Commander Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (Sweden, 2023), the Marion Dönhoff Prize, the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Award of the International Republican Institute, the Lord Byron International Prize, the L'Express Europe Award, the European Liberal of the Year, the Woman in Power Award (Women of Europe Awards), and the Walther Rathenau Prize (2024). Kallas is married and the mother of two sons and a daughter.