Eva-Maria Liimets

Eva-Maria Liimets
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
26 January 2021 – 3 June 2022
Prime MinisterKaja Kallas
Preceded byUrmas Reinsalu
Succeeded byAndres Sutt (acting)
Estonian Ambassador to Czech Republic, Slovenia and Croatia
In office
2017–2021
Personal details
Born (1974-05-31) 31 May 1974 (age 50)
Tallinn, Estonia
Political partyCentre Party (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (2021)
Alma materUniversity of Tartu (BA)
Estonian Business School (MBA)
Eva-Maria Liimets at the Opinion Festival 2021 in Paide, Estonia

Eva-Maria Liimets (born 31 May 1974)[1] is an Estonian politician. She served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.[2][3] She was nominated by the Estonian Centre Party as an independent in January 2021 and officially joined the party on 9 June 2021.[4][5] Along with all seven cabinet ministers of the governing coalition’s junior partner, she was dismissed on 3 June 2022.[6]

  1. ^ "Eva-Maria Liimets". Estonia Government. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ "New foreign minister wants to bring her expertise to Center and government". ERR. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Estonia politics: Kaja Kallas to become Baltic nation's first female prime minister". Euronews. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ^ Turovski, Marcus (24 January 2021). "From prefect to interior minister: Jaani to help Center beat corruption". ERR. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Foreign, interior ministers join Center Party". ERR News. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Estonian PM removes coalition partner from government". edmontonsun. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.