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Krišjānis Kariņš
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Latvian politician (born 1964)
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Key facts
- President
- Raimonds Vējonis Egils Levits Edgars Rinkēvičs
- Preceded by
- Māris Kučinskis
- Succeeded by
- Evika Siliņa
- Prime minister
- Himself Evika Siliņa
- Constituency
- Latvia
- Born
- ( 1964-12-13 ) 13 December 1964 (age 61) , Wilmington, Delaware , U.S.
- Citizenship
- Latvia United States
- Party
- New Era Party (2002–2011) , Unity (2011–present)
- Spouse
- Anda Kariņa
- Education
- St. John's College, Maryland , University of Pennsylvania ( BA , MA , PhD )
- Website
- Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Latvia
- Place of birth
- Wilmington
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Latvia
- Educated at
- St. John's College
- Political party
- New Era Party
- Languages spoken
- Latvian
- Native language
- Latvian
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- linguistics
- Official website
- www.karins.lv
- Image
- Karins, Krisjanis-9702.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
- Work location
- Riga
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- date of birth
- 1964-12-13
- name in native language
- Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš
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- 51786
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Encyclopedic overview
Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš ( Latvian: [ˈarturs ˈkriʃjaːnis ˈkariɲʃ]; born 13 December 1964) is a Latvian and American politician who served as the prime minister of Latvia from 2019 until 2023. A linguist and businessman by profession, he previously served as Latvia's minister of Economics and a Member of the European Parliament. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, to parents who had left Latvia during the Soviet occupation, he was active in the American Latvian community throughout his youth.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree summa cum laude and PhD in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania, Kariņš moved to Latvia in 1997 and founded a frozen food business. He helped found the New Era Party in 2002, which in 2011 merged with others to form the Unity Party (renamed New Unity in 2018). After serving as a deputy in Latvia's parliament (the Saeima), as Minister of Economics, and also as a Member of the European Parliament throughout the 2000s and 2010s, Kariņš was selected by New Unity to be its prime ministerial candidate in the 2018 Latvian parliamentary election. Following the election, New Unity was the smallest party elected to the 13th Saeima.
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