- EDUCATION
- 2002 – 2003 – Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Master of Higher International Relations
- 2001 – 2002 – Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Master of Arts in International Relations
- 1997 – 2000 – Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Economics
- 1994 – 1995 – Student exchange program in Denmark
- 2001 – US State Department’s young leaders programme
- WORK EXPERIENCE
- Since 2021 – Minister for Welfare of the Republic of Latvia
- 2018 – 2021 – Member of the 13th Saeima of the Republic of Latvia
- 2016 – 2017 – Ventspils Free Port, Board Member
- 2015 – 2016 – Advisor for Economic Affairs to the President and the Bureau of the Minister for Economics
- 2007 – 2015 – European Commission's Department for Economic and Financial Affairs, economist
- 2005 – 2007 – European Economic and Social Committee's Foreign Service, economist
- 1999 – 2005 – Department for Security Policy and Economics of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Second Secretary
- LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Latvian – native
- Russian, English, Danish
- Italian – elementary
- French - elementary