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Raimonds Vējonis
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Raimonds Vējonis is the ninth president of Latvia, serving as the country's head of state. He holds significance as a political leader who represents Latvia during an important period in the nation's modern history.
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Latvia
- Spouse
- Iveta Vējone
- Occupation
- biologist
- Educated at
- University of Latvia
- Political party
- Latvian Green Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- paganism
- Image
- Raimonds Vejonis 2019 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Riga
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- date of birth
- 1966-06-15
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- name in native language
- Raimonds Vējonis
- candidacy in election
- 2015 Latvian presidential election
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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.
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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