Curriculum Vitae
Date of Birth: 1961
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1994
- Elected as a member of the Valmiera City Council
1996-2003
- Elected as Chairman of the Valmiera City Council
1998
- Director “Apgāds” Ltd.
1998-2000
- Chairman of the Valmiera District Council, holding the positions of both and district council
2002
- Re-elected as Chairman of the Valmiera City Council
- Member of the Board of the Society Integration Foundation
- SO Vidzeme Vocational Education Center, Chairman of the Board SO
- Baltic Cyber City, Chairman of the Board
- SO Support for Latvians in Siberia, Chairman of the Board
- “Valmieras Namsaimnieks” Ltd, Authorized Representative
- Vidzeme Fund, Chairman of the Board
- Vidzeme Olympic Center, Chairman of the Board
2003
- Appointed as a Member of the 8th Saeima
2004-2006
- Minister of Regional Development and Local Government
2006
- Elected as a member of the 9th Saeima
2010
- Elected as a member of the 10th Saeima
2012
- Became Head of the Liepāja Representative Office in Riga
2012
- Deputy Executive Director of the Association of Large Cities of Latvia (LLPA)
2013
- Became Head of the Association of Large Cities of Latvia
2014
- Elected as a member of the 12th Saeima
2016-2019
- Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia
2018
- Elected to the 13th Saeima, Chairman of the Saeima National Security Committee
Since 2022
- Member of the 14th Saeima
2022-2023
- Minister of the Interior
2023-2026
- Member of the 14th Saeima
Since May 28, 2026
- Minister for Finance
EDUCATION
1980 Valmiera Secondary School No. 4
1983-1988 University of Latvia, Faculty of Management and Economic Information, major in economics, industrial planning