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Edgars Rink?vi?s | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| 25 October 2011 | |
| Valdis Dombrovskis Laimdota Straujuma M?ris Ku?inskis Arturs Kri?j?nis Kari | |
| ?irts Valdis Kristovskis | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 September 1973 J?rmala, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia) |
| Political party | Latvian Way (Before 2004) Reform Party (2012-2014) Unity (2014-present)[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Latvia University of Groningen |
Edgars Rink?vi?s (born 21 September 1973) is a Latvian politician and official, current Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia. He is a member of Unity.
Early life and education
Rink?vi?s was educated at high school in J?rmala, before completing a Bachelor's degree at the University of Latvia in History and Philosophy (1995). He then received a Master's degree in political science in 1997, followed by another Master's degree at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Career
In 1993, Rink?vi?s started work as a journalist reporting on foreign policy and international relations at Latvian Radio. In 1995 he took up a post at the Ministry of Defence, becoming the Director of his internal department the following year. In May 1997 he became Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy, and then subsequently the Secretary of State.[1]
Between 1998 and 2004, Rink?vi?s was a member of the "Latvian Way" political party. In February 1998, he became involved with discussion on the US-Baltic Partnership Charter; and from 2002 to 2003 was a member of the Latvian delegation negotiating accession to NATO (Deputy Head of Delegation). By 2011, he was appointed as Head of Chancery to the President of Latvia. In October of the same year, Rink?vi?s joined Valdis Dombrovskis' government as Minister for Foreign Affairs. In January 2012, his party formally entered into a governing alliance with the Zatlers' Reform Party. In 2014 he stood in parliamentary elections, and was elected to parliament; again serving as Foreign Minister in Laimdota Straujuma's second government.[1]
On November 6, 2014, he publicly announced on his Twitter profile that he is gay.[2][3] This made him the first lawmaker in Latvia to announce he is gay, as well as the most prominent openly gay politician in a former Soviet Bloc state at the time.[4]
He was confirmed as minister of foreign affairs in the cabinets of M?ris Ku?inskis (2016-19) and Arturs Kri?j?nis Kari (since 2019).
See also
References
- ^ a b c Kroet, Cynthia (18 December 2014). "Edgars Rink?vi?s: Latvia's foreign minister". Politico. Retrieved 2014.
- ^ "Foreign Minister 'Proud to be gay'". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 2014.
- ^ "Latvia's foreign minister comes out as gay". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2014-11-07. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved .
- ^ Potts, Andrew (7 November 2014). "Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics has come out as gay on Twitter". Gay Star News. Retrieved 2014.
External links
- "Edgars Rink?vi?s". Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- "Edgars Rink?vi?s". Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia. 2014-08-21.
- Edgars Rink?vi?s on Twitter
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| Preceded by ?irts Valdis Kristovskis |
Minister of Foreign Affairs 2011-present |
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