Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has resigned to take over as the European Union’s high representative for foreign policy, her cabinet announced Monday.
Kallas led her liberal Reform Party to victory in the 2019 and 2023 general elections, and has been in charge of the government since 2021.
She will remain as interim Prime Minister of Estonia until the new government is confirmed at the beginning of August, the Estonian public service ERR announced, Reuters reports.
The Reform Party has chosen climate minister Kristen Michal as the next prime minister, pending government reconfiguration talks with its coalition partners, the liberal Estonia 200 and the Social Democrats.
The party headed by Kaja Kallas will elect a new leader on September 8.
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