Kaja Kallas – Biography, Career, and Key Facts

Kaja Kallas is an Estonian politician who rose from a private law practice to become her country’s first female prime minister and, by 2025, the European Union’s top diplomat. Born in Tallinn in 1977, she has shaped European policy on Russia and Ukraine while navigating personal controversies.

Her father Siim Kallas, a former Estonian prime minister and European commissioner, placed her close to the political elite from a young age. After studying law and working as an attorney, she entered politics in 201