Eriks Jekabsons (born 1959) is a Latvian politician who served as a Minister of Internal Affairs of Latvia.

Biography

Born on April 3, 1959, 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 ...

, he studied at the Riga Industrial Polytechnic and obtained a degree in furniture production. Between 1978 and 1980, he served in the

Soviet Army The Soviet Ground Forces () was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992. It was preceded by the Red Army. After the Soviet Union ceased to exist in December 1991, the Ground Forces remained under th ...

and studied at the Latvian State Institute of Physical Culture. Formerly a member of

Latvia's First Party The Latvia's First Party () was a socially conservative, Christian-democratic right-wing political party in Latvia. It merged with Latvian Way to form Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way in 2007. It was founded on 25 May 2002, led by Ēriks J ...

, he left the party in 2005. In the same year, he married Natalija, his second marriage.

References

Living people 1959 births Ministers of the interior of Latvia {{Latvia-politician-stub