Guntars Krasts Politician

Guntars Krasts (born 16 October 1957 in Riga) is a Latvian politician, former Prime Minister, and former Member of the European Parliament for the single Latvia constituency. Born in Riga, he was the Minister of Economy of Latvia from December 1995 to August 1997, Prime Minister of Latvia from August 1997 to November 1998, and the Deputy Prime Minister from November 1998 to June 1999. Krasts was a member of Saeima, the Latvian parliament, from June 1999 until being elected to the European Parliament in 2004.

Personal facts

Birth dateOctober 16, 1957
Birth place
Latvia , Riga
Education
University of Latvia

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Office holder

office
Prime Minister of Latvia
Minister of the Economy
party
Responsibility – Social Democratic Alliance of Political Parties
For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK
president
prime minister
Andris Šķēle
region
Latvia (European Parliament constituency)
successor
Vilis Krištopans
Atis Sausn%C4%ABtis

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