Aivis Ronis

Date of birth: May 20, 1968

Education:
1999 – 2000 Research project development, Fulbright scholarship holder, Columbia University, New York, USA
1986 – 1991 Department of Philosophy, Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Latvia

Work Experience:
November 2010 – Oktober 2011 Association of Latvian Private Banks, President (the name of institution until 26.05.2011 – The Latvian-American Financial Forum)
December, 2005 – April 2010 Chairman of the Board, Latvian -American Financial Forum (Rīga, Latvia)
2004 – 2005 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to NATO (Brussels, Belgium)
March 2000 – September 2004 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the United States of America (Washington, USA)
April 2001 – September 2004 Non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the United State of Mexico
December 1998 – March 2000 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Republic of Turkey (place of residence – Rīga, Latvia)
April 1995 – March 2000 Deputy State Secretary for Bilateral Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia
April 1993 – April 1995 – First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Kingdom of Sweden (Stockholm, Sweden)
November 1992 – April 1993 Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia
February 1992 – November 1992 Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia
November 1991 – February 1992 Senior Expert, Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia
June 1989 – October 1991 Journalist, Editorial Office of Informative Programs, Latvian State Television

Languages: Latvian (native), English, Russian