100 Notable alumni of
University of Latvia
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The University of Latvia is 446th in the world, 154th in Europe, and 1st in Latvia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Latvia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mikhail Tal
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- In 1958 graduated with Staatsexamen in Russian
- Occupations
- journalistchess composerwriterchess player
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Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal was a Soviet-Latvian chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion. He is considered a creative genius and is widely regarded as one of the most influential chess players. Tal played in an attacking and daring combinatorial style. His play was known above all for improvisation and unpredictability. Vladislav Zubok said of him, "Every game for him was as inimitable and invaluable as a poem".
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Agata Muceniece
- Occupations
- actortelevision presentermodel
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Agata Edgarovna Muceniece is a Latvian actress, model, and television presenter.
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Efim Shifrin
- Occupations
- television presenterhumoristautobiographerpresenterstage actor
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Efim Zalmanovich Shifrin (Russian: Ефи́м (Нахи́м) Залма́нович Шифри́н; born March 25, 1956) is a Soviet and Russian actor, humorist, singer. Creator and artistic director of "Shifrin-Theater".
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Raimonds Vējonis
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- Studied in 1989
- Occupations
- politicianbiologist
- Biography
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Raimonds Vējonis is a Latvian politician who served as the 9th President of Latvia from 2015 to 2019 and the president of the Latvian Basketball Association since 2020.
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Renārs Kaupers
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- film actortelevision actorsingeractortelevision presenter
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Renārs Kaupers is a Latvian pop/rock singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter who is the vocalist of the band Prāta Vētra (known internationally as Brainstorm).
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Edgars Rinkēvičs
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Edgars Rinkēvičs is a Latvian public official and politician serving as the 11th and current president of Latvia since July 2023. He previously served as the minister of foreign affairs of Latvia from 2011 to 2023, and head of the Chancery of the President of Latvia as state secretary of the Ministry of Defence, as well as a deputy of the Saeima.
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Valdis Dombrovskis
- Occupations
- physicisteconomistinternational forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Valdis Dombrovskis is a Latvian politician serving as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People since 2019 and European Commissioner for Trade since 2020. He previously served as European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union from 2016 to 2020 and Prime Minister of Latvia from 2009 to 2014.
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Nils Ušakovs
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- Studied social science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nils Ušakovs is a Latvian Russian politician, former mayor of Riga and former journalist. He has been the board chairman of the left-wing party alliance Harmony Centre (2005–2014) and afterwards board chairman of the Social Democratic Party "Harmony" (2014–2019). In 2009 Ušakovs was elected the Mayor of Riga, becoming the first Riga Mayor of Russian descent since Latvia's restoration of sovereignty in 1991, a position he continuously held until his dismissal in 2019.
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Evika Siliņa
- Occupations
- politicianjurist
- Biography
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Evika Siliņa is a Latvian lawyer and politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Latvia since 15 September 2023. From 2022 to 2023, she served as Minister of Welfare in the second cabinet of prime minister Krišjānis Kariņš. She is a member of the Unity political party, and the second female head of government of Latvia.
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Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- Studied in 2007
- Occupations
- politicianchess player
- Biography
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Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen is a Lithuanian politician and chess player who is currently the speaker of the Seimas. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010, she was European women's champion in 2011, and is a two-time Lithuanian champion.
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Aminata Savadogo
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- modelsongwriterrecord producersinger
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Aminata Savadogo, occasionally known as simply Aminata, is a Latvian singer, songwriter, record producer, and model. She represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Love Injected". She released her debut studio album, Inner Voice, in April 2015.
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Māris Kučinskis
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Māris Kučinskis is a Latvian politician, who served as the prime minister of Latvia, from 2016 to 2019.
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Imants Ziedonis
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Imants Ziedonis was a Latvian poet and writer who first rose to fame during the Soviet era in Latvia.
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Laimdota Straujuma
- Occupations
- economistmathematicianpoliticianinternational forum participant
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Laimdota Straujuma is a Latvian economist who was the prime minister of Latvia from January 2014 to February 2016. Before her tenure as prime minister, she served as the minister of Agriculture from 2011 to 2014. She was the first woman to serve as the head of government of the country. After her resignation on 7 December 2015, she announced her intention to resume a seat in the Saeima.
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Marija Naumova
- Occupations
- singercomposer
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Marija Naumova-Bullīta, known professionally as Marija Naumova, is a Latvian singer. Under the stage name Marie N, she sings a broad range of music ranging from pop to musical theatre and jazz, and has recorded several albums, with songs in Latvian, French, English, Russian and Portuguese. In 2002, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Latvia with her song "I Wanna".
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Martins Dukurs
- Occupations
- skeleton racer
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Martins Dukurs is a Latvian skeleton racer who has competed since 1998. He is a six-time world champion in men's skeleton, a double Olympic silver winner (at Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014), and the athlete with the most World Cup titles with a total of 11, having won eight consecutive titles between 2010 and 2017, plus another three consecutive titles between 2020 and 2022.
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Alexander Genis
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- writerjournalistliterary scholarman of letterspundit
- Biography
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Alexander Genis is a Russian–American writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic. He has written more than a dozen non-fiction books.
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Guntis Ulmanis
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Guntis Ulmanis, also known as Guntis Rumpītis from 1949 to 1989, is a Latvian politician and the fifth President of Latvia from 1993 to 1999.
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Andris Bērziņš
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- bankerpolitician
- Biography
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Andris Bērziņš is a Latvian businessman and politician who was President of Latvia from 2011 to 2015. Bērziņš was the President of Unibanka from 1993 to 2004. He was elected as President by the Saeima on 2 June 2011.
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Eliyahu Rips
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Eliyahu Rips is an Israeli mathematician of Latvian origin known for his research in geometric group theory. He became known to the general public following his co-authoring a paper on what is popularly known as Bible code, the supposed coded messaging in the Hebrew text of the Torah.
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Aivars Lembergs
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Aivars Lembergs is a Latvian politician, oligarch, and convicted money launderer who was the mayor of Ventspils from 1988 to 2021, a mandate from which he has been suspended since 2008. In February 2021, Lembergs was found guilty of charges relating to bribery and money-laundering. He received a sentence of five years in prison, confiscation of property, and a €20,000 fine.
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Artis Pabriks
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Artis Pabriks is a Latvian politician. Since January 2019 he has been the Minister for Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia. From 2014 to 2018, he was a Member of the European Parliament.
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Tatjana Ždanoka
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- Studied in 1972
- Occupations
- human rights activistmathematicianpoliticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Tatjana Ždanoka or Tatyana Zhdanok is a Latvian politician and a Member of the European Parliament. She is co-chairwoman of the Latvian Russian Union and its predecessor parties (Equal Rights and For Human Rights in a United Latvia) since 1993. In 2024 she was accused of being a Russian intelligence agent.
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Ināra Mūrniece
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- Studied in 2009
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Ināra Mūrniece is a Latvian journalist, politician and a member of Saeima. She was Speaker of the Saeima from 2014 to 2022. In 2022, she was succeeded in that role by Edvards Smiltēns.
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Māra Zālīte
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- Studied in 1975
- Occupations
- writerpoetpublic figurelyricistplaywright
- Biography
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Māra Zālīte is a Latvian writer and cultural worker.
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Lauris Reiniks
- Occupations
- recording artistsongwritersingeractor
- Biography
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Lauris Reiniks is a Latvian pop music singer, songwriter, television host and actor. Lauris has graduated from Jelgava Music college, studied, although never graduated, communication studies at the University of Latvia and trained as an actor in Los Angeles, California. He has released 9 solo albums and singles in 11 languages. As a composer and recording artist Lauris Reiniks has received more than 20 National Latvian awards and has gained international recognition in the Baltic states. Lauris Reiniks is also the Season 1 winner of Latvian "Dancing with the Stars" show. The millions of views of his music videos on YouTube has unofficially made him a "King of YouTube" in Latvia.
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Mārtiņš Staķis
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- Studied in 2004
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Mārtiņš Staķis is a Latvian politician and businessman, Mayor of Riga from 2020 to 2023. He served as a deputy of the 13th Saeima, the Latvian parliament, until he resigned on 5 June 2020. On 29 August 2020, Staķis was elected to the Riga City Council, and on 2 October, elected Mayor of Riga.
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Zenta Mauriņa
- Occupations
- children's writertranslatorwriterlinguist
- Biography
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Zenta Mauriņa was a Latvian writer, essayist, translator, and researcher in philology. She was married to the Electronic Voice Phenomena researcher Konstantin Raudive. She was nominated for the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Ivars Godmanis
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- politicianphysicist
- Biography
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Ivars Godmanis is a Latvian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Latvia from 1990 to 1993 and again from 2007 to 2009. He was the first Prime Minister of Latvia after the country restored its independence from the Soviet Union.
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Ieva Ilves
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- international forum participantcivil servant
- Biography
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Ieva Ilves is a Latvian diplomat, politician and cyber security policy expert, and former First Lady of Estonia. Ilves ran as a Latvian candidate for the 2019 European Parliament election. She was the third place candidate for Development/For!, second on the list was Baiba Rubesa, the former CEO of Rail Baltica.
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Marija Golubeva
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- Studied in 1994
- Occupations
- historianpoliticianpolitical historianpolitical scientistlecturer
- Biography
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Marija Golubeva is a Latvian politician of Russian descent, political scientist, and historian. She is a member of the 13th Saeima and leader of the Development/For! Saeima fraction, and she also was elected by the Presidium of the Saeima to serve in the Saeima Secretariat. She served as Minister of the Interior of Latvia. In her academic work, she specializes in immigration policy and education policy.
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Solvita Āboltiņa
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- politicianjurist
- Biography
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Solvita Āboltiņa is a Latvian politician who was Speaker of the Saeima from 2010 until 2014.
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Aldis Gobzems
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Aldis Gobzems is a Latvian politician and lawyer. He first rose to prominence as a lawyer who represented victims of the 2013 Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse, and was the prime ministerial candidate for the Who Owns the State? party in the 2018 Latvian parliamentary elections.
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Einars Repše
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- physicistpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Einars Repše is a Latvian physicist, financier and politician, chairman of the Association for Latvian Development.
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Jānis Bordāns
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Jānis Bordāns is a Latvian politician and lawyer, the Deputy Prime Minister and the former Minister of Justice of the Republic of Latvia from 2019 to 2022, and previously from 2012 to 2014.
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Valters Frīdenbergs
- Occupations
- musiciansinger
- Biography
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Valters Frīdenbergs was a Latvian musician, singer and TV-presenter. He was best known for representing Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of Valters and Kaža duo with the song "The War Is Not Over", written by Mārtiņš Freimanis, finishing in fifth place with 153 points.
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Ivars Kalviņš
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- chemistinventor
- Biography
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Ivars Kalviņš is a Latvian chemist who invented the drug meldonium, trade-named Mildronate.
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Aigars Kalvītis
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- politicianbusinesspersoneconomist
- Biography
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Aigars Kalvītis is a Latvian businessman and a former politician who was the Prime Minister of Latvia from 2004 to 2007. Currently he is the president of Latvian Ice Hockey Federation and the Chairman of the Board of Latvian gas company Latvijas Gāze. He is the Chairman of the Council of Latvian telecommunications company Tet.
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Boriss Cilevičs
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- journalistphysicistpolitician
- Biography
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Boris Leonidovich Tsilevitch is a Latvian politician. He was born in Daugavpils. He is a member of Harmony and a deputy of the Saeima. He began his current term in parliament on October 17, 2011.
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Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis
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- university teacherpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis is a Latvian Russian politician and economist, who has previously served as the Minister for Education and Science and as Minister of Economics of Latvia.
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Nora Ikstena
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- 1987-1992 studied English studies and literary studies
- Occupations
- cultural managerwriter
- Biography
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Nora Ikstena is a Latvian writer and cultural manager. She was born in Riga and studied philology and English language and literature at the University of Latvia. After a subsequent period of residence in New York City for further studies, she returned home and worked to establish the Latvian Literature Centre.
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Dainis Īvāns
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- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Dainis Īvāns is a Latvian journalist and politician.
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Knuts Skujenieks
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- journalisttranslatorpoet
- Biography
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Knuts Skujenieks was a Latvian poet, journalist, and translator from fifteen European languages.
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Raivis Dzintars
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Raivis Dzintars is a Latvian right-wing politician and chairman of the national-conservative National Alliance party. He has previously served as the party's co-chairman alongside Gaidis Bērziņš.
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Roberts Zīle
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Roberts Zīle is a Latvian economist and politician and Vice President of the European Parliament for the National Alliance, a free market national conservative political party in Latvia. In the seventh term of the European Parliament, he works in the European Conservatives and Reformists group; he is a member of European Conservatives and Reformists Group Executive and a member of the group Bureau. He was formerly vice-president of the now defunct Union for a Europe of Nations group.
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Andris Piebalgs
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Andris Piebalgs is a Latvian politician and diplomat who served as European Commissioner for Development at the European Commission from 2010 until 2014. Between 2004 and 2009 he served as Commissioner for Energy. Between 4 June 2016 and 19 August 2017, he served as the leader of the Unity party.
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Laura Ikauniece
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
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Laura Ikauniece is a Latvian athlete competing in heptathlon. Participated in two Olympic Games. 2012 London Olympics 6414 points 7th place, 2016 Rio de Janeiro 6617 points 4th place. Her personal best and also the Latvian record is 6815 points, achieved in 2017 at Hypomeeting, Götzis. She achieved 6516 points at the 2015 World Championships, where she won a bronze medal. At the 2012 European Athletics Championships Ikauniece initially won a bronze medal, after a hard fight with fellow Latvian Aiga Grabuste, finishing 10 points in front of her. Later on she was awarded with silver medal, as a result of the disqualification of Ukrainian athlete Lyudmyla Yosypenko. 2019 European Indoor Championships (GBR) Laura set a new indoor pentathlon NR 4701 points 5th place.
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Indulis Emsis
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Indulis Emsis is a Latvian biologist and politician. He was Prime Minister of Latvia for ten months in 2004, the first Green politician to lead a country in the history of the world. He was Speaker of the Saeima, the Latvian parliament from 2006 to 2007. Emsis' political views are described as rather conservative, unusual for members of green parties around the world.
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Valdis Birkavs
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- diplomatpoliticiancriminologist
- Biography
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Valdis Birkavs is a Latvian politician. He was born in Riga. Birkavs attended the University of Latvia, where he studied philosophy, sociology, law, psychology and mathematical logic. He was first elected to the Latvian parliament in 1990 and helped to found the Latvian Way party. After Latvian Way won the 1993 parliamentary election, Birkavs became the prime minister, leading a coalition government of Latvian Way and the Latvian Farmers' Union. He resigned after the Farmer's Union left the government in the summer of 1994. He then became the deputy prime minister and foreign minister in the next government. He remained the foreign minister for five years under four different prime ministers, eventually resigning in 1999. In the presidential elections of 1999 (Latvia's president is chosen by the Parliament), he was nominated as a candidate and received second place. He was then appointed as minister of justice, and served in that position until 2000.
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Edward O'Rourke
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Edward O'Rourke, full name Eduard Alexander Ladislaus Graf O'Rourke was a Russian-born Roman Catholic priest, bishop of Riga and the first head of the bishopric of the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk).
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Arvils Ašeradens
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Arvils Ašeradens is a Latvian politician who was a former Minister for Economics and Deputy Prime Minister in the Kučinskis cabinet.
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Kārlis Šadurskis
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- university teacherpoliticianmathematician
- Biography
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Kārlis Šadurskis is a Latvian politician, who was a Member of the European Parliament for Latvia from 2011 until 2014. He is a member of the Unity party and sat with the European People's Party in the European Parliament.
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Mārtiņš Bondars
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- politicianbasketball player
- Biography
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Mārtiņš Bondars is a Latvian financier and politician. He has been member of the Latvian parliament since 2014. Bondars previously served as chief of staff to then President of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and chairman of the Latvijas Krājbanka board (until 2009).
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Pols Armāns
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Pols Armāns, whose true name was Pauls Tiltiņš (4 April [O.S. 22 March] 1903 – 7 August 1943) was a Soviet officer and the first Red Army tankman to be awarded with title of Hero of Soviet Union. His brother was Alfred Tilton, a Soviet spy and bearer of Order of Lenin.
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Gundars Āboliņš
- Occupations
- actor
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Gundars Āboliņš is a Latvian actor. He worked for the New Riga Theatre in Riga, having formerly worked for the Dailes Theatre. He was awarded the Spēlmaņu nakts gada aktieris award (best actor) in 2006.
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Andris Bērziņš
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Andris Bērziņš is a Latvian politician born in Riga. He served as Prime Minister of Latvia from 5 May 2000 to 7 November 2002. He is a member of the Latvian Way political party.
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Edvards Smiltēns
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Edvards Smiltēns is a Latvian politician. He was Speaker of the Saeima from 2022 to 2023.
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Daina Taimiņa
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- In 1990 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- topologistuniversity teachervisual artistscience communicatormathematician
- Biography
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Daina Taimiņa is a Latvian mathematician, retired adjunct associate professor of mathematics at Cornell University, known for developing a way of modeling hyperbolic geometry with crocheted objects.
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Jānis Reirs
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jānis Reirs is a Latvian politician who served as Minister of Finance in the first Kariņš cabinet from 2019 until 2022, as well as Minister for Welfare in the Kučinskis cabinet from 2016 until 2019 and Minister of Finance in the second Straujuma cabinet.
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Jānis Vanags
- Occupations
- Lutheran pastor
- Biography
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Jānis Vanags is a Latvian Lutheran Archbishop. Since 1993 he has been the Archbishop of Riga in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia.
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Māris Čaklais
- Occupations
- poetjournalist
- Biography
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Māris Čaklais was a Latvian poet, writer, and journalist.
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Kirovs Lipmans
- Occupations
- businesspersonsports executive
- Biography
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Kirovs Lipmans is a Latvian business person and former ice hockey executive. He served as president of the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation from 1994 to 1995, and from 1998 to 2016; was a member of the Latvian Olympic Committee executive, and sat on International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) committees. He oversaw the increase of artificial ice hockey rinks in Latvia from three to seventeen, and the Latvia men's national team qualify for the top tier of the World Championships then play in four consecutive Olympic hockey tournaments. Lipmans oversaw the construction of Arena Riga for the hosting the 2006 IIHF World Championship, and Latvia was awarded co-hosting duties for the 2021 IIHF World Championship at the end of his presidency.
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Uldis Bērziņš
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianpoettranslatorlinguist
- Biography
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Uldis Bērziņš was a Latvian poet and translator.
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Baiba Broka
- Occupations
- lawyerjuristpoliticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Baiba Broka is a Latvian lawyer, academic, former politician, former Minister of Justice of Latvia from the National Alliance.
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Andrejs Mamikins
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Andrejs Mamikins is a Latvian Russian politician, journalist and a former Member of the European Parliament.
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Juris Pūce
- Occupations
- politicianjuristeconomist
- Biography
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Juris Pūce is a Latvian economist, lawyer, and politician. Former Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia in the government of Krisjanis Karins and chairman of the board of the "Latvian Development" party. Pūce was elected deputy of 13th Saeima from the "Development / For!". He is former the State Secretary of the Ministry of Economics (2010–2013), a member of the Council of LMT (2009–2012), a member of the Board of the Riga Graduate School of Law (2006–2010), as well as a member of the Riga City Council (2017–2018).
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Andris Ambainis
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- In 1997 graduated with Doctor of Computer Science
- Occupations
- computer scientistuniversity teachermathematician
- Biography
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Andris Ambainis is a Latvian computer scientist active in the fields of quantum information theory and quantum computing.
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Linda Mūrniece
- Occupations
- journalistbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Linda Mūrniece is a Latvian politician and journalist. She is a member of Unity, and has served as both the Minister for the Interior as well as the Minister for Defence of Latvia.
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Ilga Šuplinska
- Occupations
- literary scholarpolitician
- Biography
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Ilga Šuplinska is a Latvian politician. From 23 January 2019 to 3 June 2021, she served as Minister for Education and Science in the Kariņš cabinet.
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Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis is a Latvian politician. He is a member of the centre-right Unity party.
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Kārlis Vērdiņš
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Kārlis Vērdiņš is a Latvian poet.
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Edvīns Šnore
- Occupations
- film directorhistorianpoliticianscreenwriter
- Biography
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Edvīns Šnore is a Latvian film director and politician. He was elected to a four-year term in the Latvian Saeima in 2014 and 2018.
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Valeri Belokon
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Valērijs Belokoņs or Valeri Belokon is a Latvian businessman. He is a majority shareholder and chairman of the supervisory board of Baltic International Bank; a former co-owner of Blackpool F.C. From 12 January 2010 to 4 June 2013, he served as a Trustee of The Prince's Foundation for Building Community.
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Inguna Sudraba
- Occupations
- bankerpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Inguna Sudraba is a Latvian politician.
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Jūlija Stepaņenko
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Julija Stepanenko is a Latvian politician and lawyer, serving as a deputy of the Saeima, the parliament of Latvia. Formerly a member of Honor to serve Riga and Law and Order, she is now a member of Latvia First, having left Law and Order in June 2021.
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Anita Muižniece
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- Studied in 2018
- Studied in 2019
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anita Muižniece is a Latvian politician. From June 3, 2021 until December 14, 2022 she served as Minister for Education and Science in the Kariņš cabinet. She is affiliated with The Conservatives She was also member of the 13th Saeima.
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Dace Melbārde
- Occupations
- politicianhistorian
- Biography
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Dace Melbārde is a Latvian politician. She is a member of New Unity, having defected from the National Alliance in 2022 and was the Latvian minister of culture from 2013 to 2019. In May 2019, representing the political party National Alliance, she was elected as a Member of the European Parliament, where she joined the European Conservatives and Reformists group.
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Rihards Kozlovskis
- Occupations
- police officerpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Rihards Kozlovskis is a Latvian politician and lawyer. He has served as the Minister of the Interior of Latvia since 2023; and previously served in the same position from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of Unity. Between 2011 and 2014 he was a member of the Reform Party
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Jānis Jurkāns
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Jānis Jurkāns is a Latvian politician, one of the leaders of the Popular Front of Latvia, who served as foreign minister (1990–1992).
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Māris Riekstiņš
- Occupations
- diplomatlawyerjurist
- Biography
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Māris Riekstiņš is a Latvian politician and diplomat and a former Foreign Minister of Latvia (November 2007 – April 2010). He is the former Ambassador of Latvia to the Russian Federation (September 2017 – February 2023). Currently serves as Permanent Representative of Latvia to NATO.
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Guntars Krasts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Guntars Krasts is a Latvian politician, former Prime Minister, and former Member of the European Parliament for the single Latvia constituency. Born in Riga, he was the Minister of Economy of Latvia from December 1995 to August 1997, Prime Minister of Latvia from August 1997 to November 1998, and the Deputy Prime Minister from November 1998 to June 1999. Krasts was a member of Saeima, the Latvian parliament, from June 1999 until being elected to the European Parliament in 2004.
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Inese Vaidere
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Inese Vaidere is a Latvian politician who currently serves as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
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Andris Ameriks
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Andris Ameriks is a Latvian politician and economist who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 elections. He is a former deputy mayor of Riga.
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Dagnija Staķe
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- Studied in 1999
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dagnija Staķe is a Latvian politician (Latvian Farmers' Union) and the Minister of Regional Development and Local Governments of Latvia from 13 May to 3 November 2010.
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Kaspars Gerhards
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Kaspars Gerhards is a Latvian politician of the TB/LNNK (2008–11), respectively National Alliance (since 2011) party. He was the economy minister from 2007 to 2009, minister of transport from 2009 to 2010 and minister of environmental protection and regional development from 2014 to 2019. Since January 2019 he has served as minister of agriculture of Latvia.
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Inese Lībiņa-Egnere
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Inese Lībiņa-Egnere is a Latvian politician representing the Unity party. She was a member and Deputy Speaker of the 11th Saeima (elected from Reform Party). She was the Deputy Speaker and the Chairperson of the National Security Committee of the 12th Saeima. In 2022, Lībiņa-Egnere was elected in the 14th Saeima. Currently she is the Latvian Minister of Justice.
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Uldis Augulis
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Uldis Augulis is a Latvian politician and a member of the Union of Greens and Farmers. He holds a bachelor's degree in financial management from the University of Latvia. He was the former Welfare Minister from 2009 to 2010 and again between 2014 and 2016, and also again since 2023. He was also the former Minister of Transport from 2010 to 2011 and again between 2016 and 2019. He was also the acting Minister of Justice from March to April 2010. Augulis was elected to the Saeima on October 2, 2011.
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Sarmīte Ēlerte
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Sarmīte Ēlerte is a Latvian politician who is a member of the Unity party. She was Minister of Culture of Latvia from 3 November 2010 until 25 October 2011.
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Ilze Juhansone
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- general secretaryambassador
- Biography
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Ilze Juhansone is the Secretary-General of the European Commission. She is a European civil servant and former Latvian diplomat.
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Kārlis Būmeisters
- Occupations
- musiciansinger
- Biography
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Kārlis Būmeisters is a Latvian musician, artist, guitarist and TV host once using the stage name Kaža. He is now in politics in the European Parliament in Brussels as a press secretary for the European Parliament Member Roberts Zīle who is part of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group.
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Ineta Ziemele
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- Studied in 1993
- Occupations
- juristlegal scholaruniversity teacherjudge
- Biography
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Ineta Ziemele is Latvian jurist and judge at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia since 2015. On 8 May 2017 she was elected as President of the Constitutional Court.
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Elita Veidemane
- Enrolled in the University of Latvia
- Studied in 1980
- Occupations
- journalisteditor-in-chiefpublic figureopinion journalist
- Biography
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Elita Veidemane is a Latvian journalist, publicist and public worker. In 1980 she graduated from the Latvian State University Faculty of Philology, and from 1981 to 1988 worked for the newspaper Padomju Jaunatne (Soviet Youth). She worked as a Latvian language and literature teacher at a school in Jūrmala in the 1980s. From 1988 until its closure in 1992 she was the chief editor of the Latvian Popular Front publication Atmoda (Revival).
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Jānis Dombrava
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jānis Dombrava is a Latvian politician, board Member of the National Alliance "All for Latvia – Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK" and vice-chairman of the party. Currently elected in the 14. Saeima, chairman of the National defence committee, has been a member of parliament since 2010.
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Leonid Andrussow
- Occupations
- chemistinventor
- Biography
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Leonid Andrussow was a German chemical engineer. He developed the process for the production of hydrogen cyanide based on the oxidation of ammonia and methane, which is named after him Andrussow oxidation.
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Ralfs Nemiro
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ralfs Nemiro is a Latvian politician. Nemiro is the former Economics Minister of Latvia. He stepped down from the role after his security clearance to access state secrets was revoked.
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Roberts Ķīlis
- Occupations
- politiciananthropologist
- Biography
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Roberts Ķīlis was a Latvian politician and social anthropologist who served as Minister for Education and Science of Latvia.
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Ernst Jaakson
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Ernst Rudolf Jaakson was an Estonian diplomat whose contribution was to maintain Estonia's legal continuity with his uninterrupted diplomatic service for 69 years.
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Ilga Kreituse
- Occupations
- politicianhistorian
- Biography
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Ilga Kreituse is a Latvian politician, historian, and former Speaker of the Saeima.
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Janīna Kursīte-Pakule
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianopinion journalistlinguistliterary scholar
- Biography
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Janīna Kursīte-Pakule is a Latvian literary scholar, linguist, writer, publicist, and politician. She has served as deputy of the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Saeimas. Kursīte-Pakule is a member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.
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Gaidis Bērziņš
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Gaidis Bērziņš is a Latvian politician, lawyer, and university lecturer in law. He is former Minister for Justice of Latvia and co-chair of the National Alliance, along with Raivis Dzintars.
