Anda Čakša (born 11 July 1974) is a Latvian paediatrician and politician. She is currently serving as the

Minister for Education and Science of Latvia The minister for education and science is a member of the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia. Ministers * Kārlis Šadurskis, 11 February 2016 – 27 November 2018 * Jānis Reirs Jānis Reirs (born 23 September 1961 in Riga) is a Latvian po ...

in the

Siliņa cabinet The Evika Siliņa cabinet (Latvian language, Latvian: ''Siliņas ministru kabinets'') is the 42nd and current Government of Latvia, government of Latvia, sworn in on 15 September 2023 after Evika Siliņa was proposed as Prime Minister of Latvia, ...

Life

In 1999, Anda Čakša graduated from the Medical Academy of Latvia, obtaining a doctor's degree. In 2007, she obtained a master's degree in business management at the Riga International University of Economics and Business Administration. She worked at the Bērnu Klīniskā Universitātes Slimnīca, the only specialised children's hospital in

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

. She was

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...

between July 11, 2016, and January 23, 2019, then Minister of Education and Science since December 14, 2022. She is a member of the

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alliance.

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