Vilis Krištopans (born 13 June 1954) is a Latvian

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who served as the

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from 26 November 1998 to 15 July 1999. As a prime minister he was a member of the

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. He then left politics and, in 2002, returned as a member of parliament from the Union of Greens and Farmers. Prior to being prime minister, he was the minister of transport.

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