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Egils Levits
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Egils Levits is a Latvian judge, jurist, politician, and lawyer. Born in Riga on June 30, 1955, he has held citizenship in the Soviet Union, West Germany, and Latvia. He is a member of the Latvian Way political party and the Baltic Historical Commission. Levits served as a candidate in the 2019 Latvian presidential election and holds the position of President of Latvia.
He was educated at the Latvian Gymnasium Münster and the University of Hamburg. Levits speaks Latvian, Russian, German, and English. His professional work has been located in Riga. He has received the Order of the Three Stars and the Cross of Recognition.
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- male
- Citizenship
- Latvia
- Place of birth
- Riga
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Educated at
- University of Hamburg
- Political party
- Latvian Way
- Languages spoken
- French
- Official website
- www.president.lv
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- Work location
- Riga
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- date of birth
- 1955-06-30
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- candidacy in election
- 2019 Latvian presidential election
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- President of Latvia
- member of
- Baltic Historical Commission
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Encyclopedic overview
Egils Levits (born 30 June 1955) is a Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist, and jurist who served as the tenth president of Latvia from 2019 to 2023. He was a member of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019.
During the late Soviet-era, he was a member of the Popular Front of Latvia and contributed to the declaration of restored Latvian independence in 1990. He was vice-prime minister and minister for justice of Latvia from 1993 to 1994 and ambassador to Hungary, Austria and Switzerland from 1994 to 1995. He was then appointed a judge of the European Court of Human Rights, a position he held until 2004. He finished second in the indirect election for the president of Latvia in 2015, behind Raimonds Vējonis. Although an Independent, he was the candidate of the National Alliance. In 2018, Levits was reappointed a judge of the European Court of Justice, having first been appointed in 2004. He is married and has two children: a son, Linards, and daughter, Indra. He published a book of memoirs in 2019.
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