Kaspars Gerhards (born 7 February 1969 in

Jelgava Jelgava (; german: Mitau, ; see also other names) is a state city in central Latvia about southwest of Riga with 55,972 inhabitants (2019). It is the largest town in the region of Zemgale (Semigalia). Jelgava was the capital of the united Du ...

, Latvia) 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 A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government a ...

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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1969 births Living people People from Jelgava Ministers of Economics of Latvia Transport ministers of Latvia Ministers of the Environment of Latvia Ministers of Agriculture of Latvia For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK politicians National Alliance (Latvia) politicians University of Latvia alumni Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class {{Latvia-politician-stub