Raimonds Vējonis
Raimonds Vējonis (born 15 June 1966) is a Latvian politician who served as the 9th President of Latvia from 2015 to 2019 and the president of the Latvian Basketball Association since 2020.
Raimonds Vējonis | |
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Vējonis in 2019 | |
| President of the Latvian Basketball Association | |
| Assumed office 21 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Valdis Voins |
| 9th President of Latvia | |
| In office 8 July 2015 – 8 July 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Laimdota Straujuma Māris Kučinskis Krišjānis Kariņš |
| Preceded by | Andris Bērziņš |
| Succeeded by | Egils Levits |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 22 January 2014 – 7 July 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Valdis Dombrovskis Laimdota Straujuma |
| Preceded by | Artis Pabriks |
| Succeeded by | Raimonds Bergmanis |
| Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development | |
| In office 7 November 2002 – 25 October 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Einars Repše Indulis Emsis Aigars Kalvītis Ivars Godmanis Valdis Dombrovskis |
| Preceded by | Vladimirs Makarovs |
| Succeeded by | Edmunds Sprūdžs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 June 1966 Nikonovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | University of Latvia |
He is a member of the Latvian Green Party, part of the Union of Greens and Farmers. He served as Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development in 2002 and in 2011 and as Minister of the Environment from 2003 to 2011, while the Ministry of Regional Development was a separate department. He became Minister of Defence of Latvia in 2014 and held that office until becoming president in 2015. Since 2020 he is the president of Latvian Basketball Association.
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