Kristo Enn Vaga
{{Short description|Estonian racing cyclist and politician (born 1997)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kristo Enn Vaga
| image = Kristo Enn Vaga RK23 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Vaga in 2023
| office = Member of the Riigikogu
| term_start = 10 April 2023
| birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia
| nationality = Estonian
| occupation = Politician, racing cyclist
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|01|04|df=yes}}
| party = Estonian Reform Party
| spouse =
| parents =
| children = 1
}}
Kristo Enn Vaga (born 4 January 1997){{cite web|url=https://rk2023.valimised.ee/et/candidates/electoral_district/1/candidate/795|title=Kandidaat nr 795 Kristo Enn Vaga|website=Valimised|date=2023|accessdate=24 June 2023|language=et}} 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.
Cycling career
In 2014, he became the Estonian junior champion in road bicycle racing and competed with the Estonia national team U23.{{cite web|url=https://sport.err.ee/56597/meesjuunioride-eesti-meistrivoistluste-grupisoidu-voitis-kristo-enn-vaga|title=Meesjuunioride Eesti meistrivõistluste grupisõidu võitis Kristo Enn Vaga|website=Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR)|date=28 June 2014|accessdate=24 June 2023|language=et}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.directvelo.com/coureur/14707/kristo-enn-vaga|title=Kristo Enn Vaga|website=Direct Velo|date=2023|accessdate=24 June 2023|language=fr}}
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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. In his home country, he took seventh place among the elite at the Estonian Championship. He was then recruited by UC Monaco in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.directvelo.com/actualite/54955/un-estonien-a-l-uc-monaco|title=Un Estonien à l'UC Monaco|website=Direct Velo|first=Nicolas|last=Gachet|date=22 November 2016|accessdate=24 June 2023|language=fr}}
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,{{cite web|url=https://reform.ee/riigikogu-valimised-2023/haabersti-pohja-tallinn-ja-kristiine/kandidaat/kristo-enn-vaga/|title=Uus riigikogu liige Ukraina külastamisest: see oli õõvastav|website=Postimees|first=Aimur-Jaan|last= Keskel|date=13 April 2023|accessdate=24 June 2023|language=et}}{{cite web|url=https://majandus.postimees.ee/7752957/karjaaripoore-uus-riigikogu-liige-ukraina-kulastamisest-see-oli-oovastav|title=Kristo Enn Vaga 795|website=reform.ee|date=2023|accessdate=24 June 2023|language=et}} 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 (Haabersti, Põhja-Tallinn and Kristiine) and was elected with a compensation mandate to the XV Riigikogu.{{cite web|url=https://www.riigikogu.ee/riigikogu/koosseis/riigikogu-liikmed/saadik/1600fe77-4b45-44ab-972a-181a5ef71767/Kristo-Enn-Vaga/|title=Kristo Enn Vaga|website=Riigikogu|date=2023|accessdate=24 June 2023|language=et}}
As of 2023, Vaga attends Tallinn University.
Personal life
On 20 July 2023, he married Stinne Loo. The couple have a daughter.{{cite web|url=https://kroonika.delfi.ee/artikkel/120218572/hoissa-pulmad-riigikogu-liige-kristo-enn-vaga-pani-tutre-emaga-leivad-uhte-kappi|title=Hõissa pulmad! Riigikogu liige Kristo Enn Vaga pani tütre emaga leivad ühte kapp|website=Kroonika|date=22 July 2023|accessdate=29 November 2023|language=et}}
References
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Category:Estonian male cyclists
Category:Estonian Reform Party politicians
Category:Members of the Riigikogu, 2023–2027
Category:Politicians from Tallinn