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Guntars
Guntars is a Latvian masculine given name and may refer to: * Guntars Antoms (born 1960), Latvian chess international master * Guntars Deičmans (born 1983), Latvian swimmer *Guntars Krasts Guntars Krasts (born 16 October 1957) 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 ... (born 1957), Latvian politician; former prime minister of Latvia * Guntars Mankus (born 1969), Latvian orienteer, rogainer and adventure racer * Guntars Silagailis (born 1984), Latvian professional footballer References {{Given name Latvian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntars Krasts
Guntars Krasts (born 16 October 1957) 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. Guntars Krasts in the European institutions Guntars Krasts was elected in the 2004 Euroelections as MEP for the single Latvia constituency as a member of For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK. He sits with the Union for a Europe of Nations group (UEN). He left For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK in February 2008 but joined no other party. As of 31 March 2009, his European Parliament profile shows no national party membership. On 28 March 2008, Libertas Latvia gave a press conference in wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntars Antoms
Guntars Antoms ( lv, Guntars Antoms; born July 24, 1960, in Riga) is a Latvian lawyer and chess player who holds the FIDE title of International Master (2001). Chess career His first success came at the age of 14 when he won 4th place at the Latvian Junior Championship. Three years later he shared first place with Edvīns Ķeņģis at the Latvian Junior Championship. Antoms has been a steady participant in Latvian Chess Championship finals but in 2001 he won this tournament (ahead grandmasters Viesturs Meijers, Arturs Neikšāns, Jānis Klovāns, Zigurds Lanka, Ilmārs Starostīts). He was awarded the International Master title in 2001. Guntars Antoms is a member of board and vice president of Latvian Chess Federation. Antoms played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads: * In 2004, at second reserve board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia (+1 −2 =1). He played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship: * In 2001, at fourth board in Leon Leon, Léon (French) or León (Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntars Silagailis
Guntars Silagailis (born 31 August 1984) is a Latvian professional football coach and former player, currently managing Rēzeknes BJSS in the Latvian First League. He played as a striker. Career Early career In the early part of his career he played for numerous clubs in Latvia including his hometown club FK Rezekne and top Latvian side FK Ventspils. Following a short period with FK Riga Silagailis was on his way out of the country. Cork City Silagailis signed for Cork City in February 2009 and had an immediate impact on the team. He scored away against Derry on 20 March 2009 however the Rebel Army ended up losing 2–1. He scored a brace the week after in a 2–1 victory over Bray Wanderers at Turner's Cross. However his stay in Ireland and was blighted by injury and he failed to make a sustained impression at the club and was out of the first team for large periods of the season. His only other goal for the club in the FAI Cup in June away to Sligo Rovers but City were kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntars Deičmans
Guntars Deičmans (born 4 March 1983) is a Latvian former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. He is a 2004 Olympian, and a multiple-time Latvian champion and record holder in the same stroke (both 200 and 400 m). Deicmans qualified for two swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by eclipsing FINA B-standard entry times of 2:03.77 (200 m individual medley) from the FINA World Championships in Barcelona and 4:28.44 (400 m individual medley) from the European Championships in Madrid. In the 400 m individual medley, Deicmans touched out Philippines' Miguel Molina to break a 4:30 barrier and capture a seventh spot on the second heat by four seconds, in a time of 4:29.17. In the 200 m individual medley, Deicmans challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including two-time Olympians Jeremy Knowles of the Bahamas and Ioannis Kokkodis of Greece. He cruised to fifth place by 0.39 of a second behind Barbados' Bradley Ally Bradley Kevin Ally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntars Mankus
Guntars Mankus (born 5 July 1969) is a Latvian orienteer, rogainer and adventure racer. At the 5th World Rogaining Championships in Lesná, Czech Republic in 2002 he won a gold medal and the title of the World Rogaining Champion in Mixed Open category in team with Anita Liepina and Raimonds Lapiņš. At 6th World Rogaining Championships in Arizona, United States in 2004 the same team won a bronze medal in Mixed Open category. At 7th World Rogaining Championships in Warrumbungles, Australia they regained the title of the World Rogaining Champion in Mixed Open category. At 13th World Rogaining Championships in Kiilopää, Finland he won a silver medal in Mixed Open category in team with Irita Puķīte. At 18th World Rogaining Championships in Sierra Nevada, California, USA he won a gold medal in Mixed Open category in team with Irita Puķīte. In 2005 he won a gold medal at the European Rogaining Championships in Mixed Open category in team with Anita Liepi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntis
Guntis is a Latvian masculine given name and may refer to: * Guntis Belēvičs (born 1958), Latvian politician * Guntis Džeriņš (born 1985), Latvian ice-hockey player * Guntis Endzels (born 1967), Latvian basketball coach *Guntis Galviņš (born 1986) Latvian ice-hockey player *Guntis Osis (born 1962), Latvian bobsledder and Olympic medalist *Guntis Peders (born 1973), Latvian track and field athlete, hurdler and Olympic competitor * Guntis Rēķis (born 1974), Latvian luger and Olympic competitor * Guntis Sics (born ????), Australian sound engineer *Guntis Ulmanis Guntis Ulmanis (born September 13, 1939), also known as Guntis Rumpītis from 1949 to 1989, is a Latvian politician and the fifth President of Latvia from 1993 to 1999. Biography Early life Guntis Ulmanis was born in Riga on September 13, 1939. ... (born 1939), Latvian politician, fifth President of Latvia * Guntis Valneris (born 1967), Latvian draughts player {{given name Latvian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundars
Gundars is a Latvian masculine given name and may refer to: *Gundars Āboliņš (born 1960), Latvian actor * Gundars Bērziņš (born 1959), Latvian accountant and politician * Gundars Bojārs (born 1967), Latvian politician * Gundars Celitāns (born 1985), Latvian volleyball player * Gundars Daudze (born 1965), Latvian physician and politician *Gundars Vētra Gundars Vētra (born May 22, 1967) is a Latvian former professional basketball player and a current coach. He most recently served as a head coach of Spartak St. Petersburg. Standing at , he played at the shooting guard and small forward positio ... (born 1967), Latvian basketball player See also * Gundar (other) {{given name, Gundars Latvian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunārs
Gunārs is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name Gunnar and may refer to: *Gunārs Astra (1931–1988), Latvian human rights activist and anti-Soviet dissident * Gunārs Birkerts (1925–2017), Latvian-born American architect *Gunārs Cilinskis (1931–1992), Latvian actor, film director and screenwriter *Gunārs Ķirsons (born 1951), Latvian entrepreneur and businessman *Gunārs Lūsis (born 1950), Latvian artist and graphic designer *Gunārs Piesis (1935–1996), Latvian film director *Gunārs Priede (1928–2000), Latvian playwright, engineer and architect *Gunārs Saliņš (1924–2010), Latvian modernist poet *Gunārs Skvorcovs (born 1990), Latvian ice hockey right winger *Gunārs Ulmanis Gunārs Ulmanis (1938 – 17 July 2010) was a Latvian football right wing midfielder, one of the most famous Latvian footballers of the 1960s. Biography While at school Ulmanis played both basketball and football but the famous Latvian footba ... (1938–2010), L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the Baltic states; and is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts; and speak Latvian, one of the only two surviving Baltic languages. Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population. After centuries of Teutonic, Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian and Russian rule, which was mainly executed by the local Baltic German aristocracy, the independent R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Language
Latvian ( ), also known as Lettish, is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken in the Baltic region. It is the language of Latvians and the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 1.3 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and 100,000 abroad. Altogether, 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, speak Latvian. Of those, around 1.16 million or 62% of Latvia's population use it as their primary language at home, however excluding the Latgale Region it is spoken as a native language in villages and towns by over 90% of the population. As a Baltic language, Latvian is most closely related to neighboring Lithuanian (as well as Old Prussian, an extinct Baltic language); however Latvian has followed a more rapid development. In addition, there is some disagreement whether Latgalian and Kursenieki, which are mutually intelligible with Latvian, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
