Siim Kallas, the Estonian politician who served as prime minister from 2002 to 2003 and as a European Commissioner from 2004 to 2014, died on August 22, 2026, at the age of 77. Kallas was a prominent figure in Estonian politics and a respected statesman at the European Union level. Born in Tallinn on October 2, 1948, Siim Kallas studied at the University of Tartu and Jakob Westholm Gymnasium.
His impressive career spanned multiple fields, including journalism, diplomacy, officialdom, and banking. Kallas also worked as a journalist and diplomat, with a long period in public life during and after Estonia's Soviet era.