Kristo Enn Vaga

Kristo Enn Vaga
Vaga in 2023
Member of the Riigikogu
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 April 2023
Personal details
Born (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 27)
Tallinn, Estonia
Political partyEstonian Reform Party
Children1
OccupationPolitician, racing cyclist

Kristo Enn Vaga (born 4 January 1997)[1] is an Estonian racing cyclist and politician representing the Estonian Reform Party (Estonian: Eesti Reformierakond). Following the 2023 Estonian parliamentary election, he was elected to the Riigikogu.

Early life

Kristo Enn Vaga was born and raised in Tallinn.[2]

Cycling career

In 2014, he became the Estonian junior champion in road bicycle racing and competed with the Estonia national team U23.[3] 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 Siim Kiskonen, Tair Stalberg, and Kirill Tarassov), and Estonian team sprint champion (with Kirill Tarassov and Oliver Keller). In France, he finished sixth on the Mont Faron stage of the Tour de la Région Sud PACA Juniors.[4]

Vaga during the 2016 Tour of Flanders

For the 2016 season, he signed a contract with the French club Charvieu-Chavagneux Isère Cyclisme, competing in the national division. With it, he achieved several honors, taking fifth in the Nocturne de Montrevel-en-Bresse, seventh place in the Tour de Côte-d'Or, and eighth in the Critérium de Briennon.[4] In his home country, he took seventh place among the elite at the Estonian Championship. He was then recruited by UC Monaco in 2017.[5]

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 Kristiine district assembly, worked as an advisor to Minister of Defence Kalle Laanet from 2018 until 2019, advisor to Siim Kallas from 2019 until 2021,[2][6] and was the campaign manager of the Reform Party for the 2023 Riigikogu elections.[2]

He campaigned for the Riigikoku in the 2023 elections, collecting 592 votes in Riigikogu electoral district no. 1 (Haabersti, Põhja-Tallinn and Kristiine) and was elected with a compensation mandate to the XV Riigikogu.[2][7]

As of 2023, Vaga attends Tallinn University.[8]

Personal life

On 20 July 2023, he married Stinne Loo. The couple have a daughter.[2][8]

References

  1. ^ "Kandidaat nr 795 Kristo Enn Vaga". Valimised (in Estonian). 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e Keskel, Aimur-Jaan (13 April 2023). "Uus riigikogu liige Ukraina külastamisest: see oli õõvastav". Postimees (in Estonian). Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Meesjuunioride Eesti meistrivõistluste grupisõidu võitis Kristo Enn Vaga". Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) (in Estonian). 28 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Kristo Enn Vaga". Direct Velo (in French). 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  5. ^ Gachet, Nicolas (22 November 2016). "Un Estonien à l'UC Monaco". Direct Velo (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Kristo Enn Vaga 795". reform.ee (in Estonian). 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Kristo Enn Vaga". Riigikogu (in Estonian). 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Hõissa pulmad! Riigikogu liige Kristo Enn Vaga pani tütre emaga leivad ühte kapp". Kroonika (in Estonian). 22 July 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.