Kalev Kallemets (born 18 April 1979,

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) is an Estonian politician. He was a member of the

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, representing the

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, from 2014 to 2015. Kallemets graduated from

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Gymnasium in 1997. In 2002, he graduated with a

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from the Faculty of Economics at

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. In 2008, he graduated with a

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in financial management from the

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. Since 2009, he has been a

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student at Tallinn University of Technology (supervised by Üllas Ehrlich). He is a member of

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. He worked as an internal auditor from 2001 to 2002 at the

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. From 2002 to 2003, he was the secretary general of the Estonian Reform Party's Youth Council. From 2003 to 2008, he was a member of the board of directors of OÜ Gutsch, as well as the CEO of the Estonian Nuclear Power Plant from 2008 to 2011, and working at Viru Keemia Grupp AS from 2011 to 2014. He has been a member of the Estonian Reform Party since 1998. He applied for the Haapsalu City Council in the 1999 and 2005 municipal elections on the Reform Party list (receiving 3 votes in 1999 and 2 votes in 2005, both of which left him unelected); He again applied for the City Council in 2009 and

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

for the municipal elections (receiving 62 votes in 2009 and 24 votes in 2013, again not being elected). He was a candidate for the Riigikogu elections in

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

and

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(when he received 245 votes in 2003 and 353 in 2007, leaving him unelected). In the

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Riigikogu election, he received 469 votes. Yet again, he was not elected, but he became a member of the Riigikogu from 18 June 2014 to 2015 as a replacement within the party list. He also was a candidate in the

2009 European Parliament Election The 2009 European Parliament election was held in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Member of the European Parliament, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected to represent s ...

, but he was not elected. He was a candidate in the 2015 Riigikogu election in

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and received 423 votes, but was not elected.

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Kalev Kallemetsa elulugu (Riigikogu kodulehel)

Kalev Kallemets
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kallemets, Kalev 1979 births Living people People from Haapsalu Estonian Reform Party politicians 21st-century Estonian economists Members of the Riigikogu, 2011–2015 Tallinn University of Technology alumni