Kristo Enn Vaga (born 4 January 1997) is an Estonian

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and politician representing the

Estonian Reform Party The Estonian Reform Party () is a liberal political party in Estonia. The party has been led by Kristen Michal since 2024. It is colloquially known as the "Squirrel Party" () or as "the Squirrels" (), referencing its logo. It was founded in ...

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: ''Eesti Reformierakond''). Following the

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, he was elected to the

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Early life

Kristo Enn Vaga was born and raised in

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Cycling career

In 2014, he became the Estonian junior champion in

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and competed with the Estonia national team U23. In 2015, he took second place in the Estonian Junior Road Championship and ninth place in the European Junior Road Championship and was the Estonian team pursuit champion (with

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, Tair Stalberg, and Kirill Tarassov), and Estonian team sprint champion (with Kirill Tarassov and Oliver Keller). In France, he finished sixth on the

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stage of the Tour de la Région Sud PACA Juniors. For the 2016 season, he signed a contract with the French club

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Isère Cyclisme, competing in the national division. With it, he achieved several honors, taking fifth in the Nocturne de

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, seventh place in the Tour de

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, and eighth in the Critérium de Briennon. In his home country, he took seventh place among the elite at the Estonian Championship. He was then recruited by UC Monaco in 2017.

Political career

In 2017, Vaga became a member of the Estonian Reform Party. Soon afterward, he moved to the party's youth council and in 2017 became its general secretary. In 2020, he was elected as the chairman of Estonian Reform Party Youth. He was also the chairman of the

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district assembly, worked as an advisor to

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from 2018 until 2019, advisor to

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from 2019 until 2021, and was the campaign manager of the Reform Party for the 2023 Riigikogu elections. He campaigned for the Riigikoku in the 2023 elections, collecting 592 votes in Riigikogu electoral district no. 1 (

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and Kristiine) and was elected with a compensation mandate to the

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. As of 2023, Vaga attends

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Personal life

On 20 July 2023, he married Stinne Loo. The couple have a daughter.

References

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