
Leader of the Liberal Reform Party, 2017 European Young Leader
A competition lawyer by profession, Kaja was elected Member of the Estonian Parliament and Chair of the Committee on Economic Affairs in 2011. After being elected to the European Parliament in 2014, she became a prominent proponent of innovation and frequently emphasised that regulations should not hinder the technological revolution. She authored five reports in the European Parliament, including of an own-initiative report on the Digital Single Market. Kaja left the European sphere in 2018 to become leader of Estonia’s Liberal Reform Party. Despite steered her party to victory in the 2019 national elections, she was declined the country’s leadership position which would have made her the country’s first female prime-minister. She is currently using her influence to counter the far-right coalition government’s agenda.