Mārtiņš Kazāks is a Latvian economist and the current governor of the central Bank of Latvia since December 2019.

Early life and education

Kazāks was born on September 19, 1973, in

Liepāja Liepāja () (formerly: Libau) is a Administrative divisions of Latvia, state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest city in the Courland region and the third-largest in the country after Riga and Daugavpils. It is an ...

. He finished his secondary education at Liepāja Rainis 6th Secondary School. In 1995, he graduated from the

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with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 1996, Kazāks received a degree in economics from the

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. He received his master's degree in economics from the

Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public university, public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University ...

in 1997, and a doctorate in economics in 2005.

Career

Kazāks was the chief economist of the Latvian branch of Hansabanka (now

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) from 2005 to 2018. From 2018 to 2019, he was a member of the Council of the Bank of Latvia.

Other activities

European Systemic Risk Board The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) is a group established on 16 December 2010 in response to the euro area crisis. It is tasked with the macro-prudential oversight of the financial system within the European Union in order to contribute to ...

(ESRB), Ex-Officio Member of the General Board (since 2019) Permanent members of the General Board

(ESRB).

References

External links

Martins Kazaks Bloomberg profile
* Governors of the Bank of Latvia Latvian economists 1973 births People from Liepāja University of Latvia alumni Alumni of the University of Cambridge Alumni of Queen Mary University of London Living people {{Latvia-bio-stub