Valdis Dombrovskis

Date and place of birth: August 5, 1971, Rīga
 
Education:

Sep 2005 – June 2007 – Rīga Technical University, Faculty of Engineering and Economics, Insitute of Internal Economic Relations and Customs, Professional Master’s degree in customs and tax administration
Sep 1997 – Aug 1998 University of Maryland (USA), Department of Electrical Engineering, Doctor’s degree studies
Sep 1993 – Dec 1996 The University of Latvia, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Master degree studies, Master’s degree in Physics
Oct 1995 – Oct 1996 Meinz University (Germany), Faculty of Physics, studies and development of the experimental part of the Master Paper
Sep 1992 – Feb 1995 Rīga Technical University, Faculty of Engineering and Economics, Bachelor’s degree in Economics
Sep 1989 – June 1993 The University of Latvia, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Bachelor’s degree in Physics
 
Work Experience:

Since March 12, 2009 – Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia
March 12, 2009 – July 1, 2009 – Minister for Children, Family and Integration Affairs
July 2004 – March 2009 – MP of the European Parliament, Head of the Latvian delegation in ETP-ED group
Dec 2004 – March 2006 – Advisor to the Minister of Economics
Dec 2004 – May 2006 – Member of the Council of the Nordic Investment Bank
Nov 2002 – June 2004 – MP of the Saeima, faction “New Era” (with the mandate during the post of the Minister of Finance)
Nov 2002 – March 2004 – Minister for Finance
Oct 2002 – elected MP of the Saeima
Sep 2001 – Oct 2002 Bank of Latvia, Monetary Policy Board, chief economist
Dec 1999 – Aug 2001 Bank of Latvia, Monetary Policy Board, senior economist
Sep 1998 – Nov 1999 Bank of Latvia, Monetary Policy Board, specialist in macroeconomics
Sep 1997 – Aug 1998 University of Maryland (USA), Department of Electrical Engineering, laboratory assistant
Jan 1997 – July 1997 The University of Latvia, the Institute of Solid State Physics, researcher
Oct 1995 – Oct 1996 Meinz University (Germany), Institute of Physics, laboratory assistant
Sep 1993 – June 1995 The University of Latvia, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Department of Semi-conductor Physics, laboratory assistant
Sep 1991 – June 1993 The University of Latvia, the Institute of Solid State Physics, laboratory assistant

 
Political activities:

April 2004 – nominated by “The New Era” as a candidate in the European Parliament elections
Oct 2002 – nominated Minister for Finance
Since Feb 2002 – founder and member of the party “The New Era”, Member of the Board
Feb 2004 – Nov 2002 – Head of the working group “Budget and taxes”

Author of many publications on economics and politics in various periodicals, journals and electronic media
 
Scientific publications:

V.Dombrovskis. State Revenue Service on its way to service institution”, International conference “The role of tax administration and customs in national economy”, Rīga 2003.
P.Kunz, V.Dombrovskis, G.Huber “Aufgelöste J2 Spektren mit Breitbandigen LasernÄ, Verhandlungen der Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, Mainz, 1997

Book:

V.Dombrovskis, A.Aslund „How Latvia Came Through the Financial Crisis”, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington DC, May 2011

Language proficiency:

Latvian – native
English – fluent
Russian – fluent
German – fluent
Spanish – basic knowledge

Political affiliation: The New Era

Marital status: Married

Personal blog: www.valdisdombrovskis.lv

Twitter: www.twitter.com/VDombrovskis