Ārlietu ministrs Krišjānis Kariņš

Krišjānis Kariņš

Minister for Foreign Affairs
minsek [at] mfa.gov.lv

 

  • EDUCATION
    • 1990 – 1996 - PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, specialisation in linguistics; worked on natural language processing
    • 1987 – 1988 - B. A. from the University of Pennsylvania, specialisation in linguistics, Summa Cum Laude, Member of the Phi Beta Kappa association 
    • 1984 – 1986 - St. John’s College, B.A. studies in mathematics, philosophy and literature
  • WORK AND POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
    • Since 15 September – Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
    • 23 January 2019 – 14 September 2023 – Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia
    • 2014 – 2019 - Member of the European Parliament, European People’s Party Coordinator for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy , Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Substitute of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Member of the Special Committee on Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance, Head of the Latvian Delegation to the Group of the European People’s Party, Member of the Delegation for Relations with the United States, Substitute of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect, Member of the Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector, Member of the Delegation for the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, Member of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
    • 2009 - 2014 - Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Substitute of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Substitute Member of the Committee on the Economic Crisis, Head of the Latvian Delegation to the Group of the European People’s Party, Member of the Delegation for Relations with the United States, Member of the Delegation for the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, Chairman of the New Era Party
    • 2004 – 2006  - Minister for Economics of the Republic of Latvia
    • 2002 – 2009 -  Chairman of the New Era parliamentary group for many years; worked for the Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee, the Budget and Finance (Taxation) Committee, the Audit Committee and the European Affairs Committee
    • 1999 – 2000 - President of LLC Formula, wholesale and retail trade of automobiles and office supplies
    • 1994 – 2002 - President and co-founder of LLC PK (Lāču ledus), manufacturing and distribution of frozen goods
  • LANGUAGE SKILLS 
    • Latvian, English, German – fluent, French and Russian – good command