Kārlis Šadurskis (born 11 October 1959) is a Latvian politician, who was a

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for

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from 2011 until 2014. He is a member of the

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party and sat with the

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in the European Parliament.

Education and career

Šadurskis graduated mathematical engineering from

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in 1982. He subsequently graduated as a doctor of technology 1986 and as a doctor of mathematics from the

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in 1992. He served as a senior research fellow, assistant professor, teacher, associate professor at the Riga Technical University from 1986. He also served in various other academic roles. He was elected to the

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in 2002, and served until 2011. He was the Minister of Education and Science of Latvia from 2002 to 2004. He later served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence of Latvia from 2009 until 2010. He was Secretary of the Latvian Parliament from 2010 to 2011.

Parliamentary service

*Delegation for relations with South Africa (2011-) *Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (2011-2012), (2012-)

References

1959 births Living people Politicians from Riga Latvian National Independence Movement politicians New Era Party politicians Civic Union (Latvia) politicians New Unity politicians Government ministers of Latvia Deputies of the 8th Saeima Deputies of the 9th Saeima Deputies of the 10th Saeima Deputies of the 12th Saeima MEPs for Latvia 2009–2014 MEPs for Latvia 2014–2019 Riga Technical University alumni University of Latvia alumni Academic staff of Riga Technical University {{Latvia-MEP-stub