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Sandis Ģirģens
Sandis Ģirģens (born 11 May 1980) is a Latvian politician. From 23 January 2019 to 3 June 2021, he served as Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ... in the Kariņš cabinet. References 1980 births Living people People from Varakļāni Municipality Who Owns the State? politicians Republic (Latvia) politicians Ministers of the interior of Latvia 21st-century Latvian politicians {{Latvia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ministers 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 (Latvia), Ministry of the Interior of Latvia. Rihards Kozlovskis is the current minister since September 15, 2023. References {{LatvianCabinet Ministers of the interior of Latvia, Lists of office-holders in Latvia, Interior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krišjānis Kariņš
Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (; born 13 December 1964) is a Latvian American politician who served as the prime minister of Latvia from 2019 until 2023. A linguist and businessman by profession, he previously served as Latvia's minister of Economics and a Member of the European Parliament. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware, United States, to parents who had left Latvia during the Soviet re-occupation of Latvia in 1944, Soviet occupation, he was active in the Latvian Americans, American Latvian community throughout his youth. After graduating with a bachelor's degree ''summa cum laude'' and PhD in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania, Kariņš moved to Latvia in 1997 and founded a frozen food business. He helped found the New Era Party in 2002, which in 2011 merged with others to form the Unity Party (renamed New Unity in 2018). After serving as a deputy in Latvia's parliament (the Saeima), as Minister of Economics, and also as a Member of the European Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rihards Kozlovskis
Rihards Kozlovskis (born 26 May 1969) is a Latvian politician and lawyer. He has served as the Minister of the Interior of Latvia since 2023; he had previously served in the same position from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of Unity. Between 2011 and 2014 he was a member of the Reform Party. Early life Kozlovskis was born in 1969 in Riga. He first attended Riga Primary School No. 69 from 1976 to 1986, but switched to Murjani Sports Gymnasium in the 1986 school year and graduated from there in 1987. In 1993 he graduated from the Latvian Academy of Sport Education for his postsecondary education. In 1991, he started working as an inspector for the Ministry of the Interior before later that year becoming an inspector in the Government Security Service until 1993. From 1994 to 1996, while studying, he served as senior inspector at the State Department of Economic Sovereignty Protection. He then worked at the Security Police until 2005, eventually becoming deputy chief of the polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marija Golubeva
Marija Golubeva (born 28 June 1973) is a Latvian politician of Russian descent, political scientist, and historian. She is a member of the 13th Saeima and leader of the Development/For! Saeima fraction, and she also was elected by the Presidium of the Saeima to serve in the Saeima Secretariat. She served as Minister of the Interior of Latvia. In her academic work, she specializes in immigration policy and education policy. Life and career Golubeva studied English philology at the University of Latvia, graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in 1994. In 1995, she obtained a Master's Degree in history from the Central European University. She then attended the University of Cambridge, where she earned her doctorate in 2000. In 1999, Golubeva became a Lecturer at the Latvian Academy of Culture, where she taught courses in cultural history. In the 2001–2002 school year, she was the acting head of the Department of Political Science at Riga Stradiņš University, and the following ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jēkabpils
Jēkabpils () is a state city in Jēkabpils Municipality in southeastern Latvia, located roughly halfway between the capital Riga and Daugavpils, and spanning the Daugava River. The name of the city literally translates into "Castle of Jacob". Historic Jēkabpils lies on the left bank, in Selonia, while the historic Krustpils () lies on the right bank, in Latgale. The two cities were united during the Soviet rule in 1962 under the Jēkabpils name, but retain their distinct regional character. Jēkabpils was also formerly home to the Soviet Jēkabpils Air Base. History A stone cross-castle – Krustpils Castle, Cruczeborch () – was built in 1237 by the bishop of Riga. Archeological excavations on the nearby Asote mound indicate that this place was a busy trading centre for the Latgalians, one of the Latvian tribes, and had been inhabited since 1000 BC. An adjoining settlement already existed when Krustpils Castle was first built; it grew up around the castle as the villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian SSR
The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Also known as the Latvian SSR, or Latvia) was a Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republic of the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1941, and then from 1944 until 1990. The Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940), Soviet occupation and annexation of Latvia began between June and August 1939, according to the agreed terms of the secret protocol of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In 1939, Latvia was forced to give Military base, military bases on its soil to the Soviet Union, and in 1940 the Red Army moved into Latvia, effectively annexing it into the Soviet Union. The territory changed sides during World War II, with Nazi Germany occupying a large portion of Latvian territory from 1941 until the Red Army entered Latvia in 1944 with the Courland Pocket, final territory occupied by the Germans liberated in 1945. The Soviet occupation of the Baltic states from 1939 to 1940 and then from 1944 to 1991 was widely considered illegal by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9million. The country has a Temperate climate, temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city is Riga. Latvians, who are the titular nation and comprise 65.5% of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian language, Latvian. Russians in Latvia, Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population; 37.7% of the population speak Russian language, Russian as their native tongue. After centuries of State of the Teutonic Order, Teutonic, Swedish Livonia, Swedish, Inflanty Voi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic (Latvia)
The Republic (), initially known as Republic 2030 (), is a Centrism, centrist List of political parties in Latvia, political party in Latvia. It was formed in 2021. The party is represented in the Thirteenth Saeima of Latvia, 13th Saeima with 4 deputies who were elected from the lists of Social Democratic Party "Harmony" (Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis, Evija Papule) and For a Humane Latvia, KPV LV (Kaspars Ģirģens, Ēriks Pucens) in the 2018 Latvian parliamentary election, 2018 parliamentary election.https://puaro.lv/politika/nodibinata-partija-republika/ NODIBINĀTA PARTIJA "REPUBLIKA" Election results Legislative elections References Centrist parties in Latvia Political parties established in 2021 {{Latvia-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turība University
Turība University (; formerly known as the Turība School of Business Administration) is the largest Business schools, business school in Latvia. The university was established in 1993. It has three branches located in Liepāja, Cēsis, and Talsi. Faculties The university consists of four faculties with main study directions – business administration, law, international tourism, and communication. It runs a total of 25 study programmes, which include Professional Bachelors Program, Professional Masters Program and Doctoral study program. * Faculty of Business Administration (dean - Evija Kļave, Dr.sc.soc., asoc. professor) * Faculty of Law (dean - Ivo Krievs, Mg.iur., lecturer) * Faculty of International Tourism (dean - Ēriks Lingebērziņš, Dr.oec., lecturer) * IT DEPARTMENT (head - Jānis Pekša,Dr.sc.ing., asoc.professor) International activities The professional bachelor study programme Management of Tourism and Hospitality Companies and the professional master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Kariņš Cabinet
The first Krišjānis Kariņš' cabinet (Latvian language, Latvian: ''Kariņa 1. ministru kabinets'') was the 40th Government of Latvia, government of Latvia, sworn in on 23 January 2019 after Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Krišjānis Kariņš was proposed as Prime Minister of Latvia, Prime Minister by President of Latvia, President Raimonds Vējonis and elected by the Saeima and working until 14 December 2022, when Saeima passed a motion of confidence in the Second Kariņš' cabinet. The government was supported by a Coalition government, coalition of The Conservatives (Latvia), The Conservatives, the Development/For!, the National Alliance (Latvia), National Alliance, the For a Humane Latvia, and the Unity (Latvia), Unity as was predecessor of Opposition government from Union of Greens and Farmers, Union of Green and Farmers Māris Kučinskis. In accordance with the Constitution of Latvia, the Cabinet of Ministers, after the first session of the 14th Saeima, has resigned and cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 28 ** Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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