Rihards Kozlovskis (born 26 May 1969) is a

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 ...

n politician and lawyer, a former

Minister of the Interior of Latvia The Minister of the Interior of Latvia is a member of the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia, and is the political leader of the Ministry of the Interior An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home aff ...

. He is a member of

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. Between 2011 and 2014 he was a member of the Reform Party Kozlovskis was appointed Interior Minister on 25 October 2011. On 7 December 2015, prime minister

Laimdota Straujuma Laimdota Straujuma (born 24 February 1951) is a Latvian economist who was the Prime Minister of Latvia, Prime Minister of Latvia from January 2014 to February 2016. Before her tenure as Prime Minister, she served as Minister of Agriculture from 20 ...

resigned. In her resignation press release, she recommended Kozlovskis as her successor.http://www.mk.gov.lv
Statement by Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma
/ref> He has received the

Order of Viesturs The Order of Viesturs ( lv, Viestura ordenis) is a Latvian state order founded in 1938, which was temporarily discontinued in 1940 by the Soviet occupation of Latvia, but was re-established in 2004. The order is named after the medieval histor ...

for his work during the 2006 Riga Summit.

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1969 births Living people Politicians from Riga Lawyers from Riga Reform Party (Latvia) politicians New Unity politicians Ministers of the Interior of Latvia Deputies of the 12th Saeima Deputies of the 13th Saeima Deputies of the 14th Saeima 20th-century Latvian lawyers University of Latvia alumni Latvian Academy of Sport Education alumni {{Latvia-politician-stub