Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis (Russian: Вячесла́в Домбро́вский; born 27 December 1977 in Riga) is a Latvian Russian politician and economist, who has previously served as the Minister for Education and Science[1][2] and as Minister of Economics of Latvia.[3]
Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis | |
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| Minister for Education and Science | |
| In office 2 May 2013 – 22 January 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Valdis Dombrovskis Laimdota Straujuma |
| Preceded by | Roberts Ķīlis |
| Succeeded by | Ina Druviete |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1977 Riga, Soviet Union (now Latvia) |
| Political party | Reform Party (2011-?) Harmony (2018-2020) Republika (2021-2022) Latvijas attīstībai (2022-) |
| Alma mater | University of Latvia Clark University |
Dombrovskis has a bachelor's degree from the University of Latvia in economics and finance and a doctor's degree from Clark University in economics. He also attended George Mason University as Visiting Fulbright Scholar.
Dombrovskis gained Latvian citizenship through naturalization in 1997.
Science career edit
Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis started his career as a Visiting Researcher in the Center for European Economic Research ZEW in Germany. In 2003 he joined The Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies as a Research Fellow and worked there for almost nine years. From 2003 he also became a member of the Board of Soros Foundation Latvia. Since 2003 he was assistant professor at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga until 2011. In 2015 he founded CERTUS Think Tank, where he was a chairman of the Board till 2018.
Political career edit
Dombrovskis entered politics in 2011, when he joined the newly founded Zatlers' Reform Party and was elected as a member of the Latvian parliament. For the following two years he was the leader of the Zatlers' Reform Party parliamentary fraction.
Dombrovskis was appointed Minister for Education and Science of Latvia in May 2013, after the resignation of previous Minister Roberts Ķīlis. He vowed to continue to focus on the five education and science priorities set by his predecessor.[1]
He joined the Harmony party in 2018 and was nominated by Nils Ušakovs and Jānis Urbanovičs to be the Harmony party's Prime Ministerial candidate at the 2018 parliamentary elections.[3][4] In September 2020, Dombrovskis was excluded from Harmony.[5]
In January 2021, Dombrovskis announced that he planned to found a new party in the first half of 2021.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b "Vjaceslavs Dombrovskis – new education and science minister in Latvia". The Baltic Course. May 2, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ "Latvija in brief". The Baltic Times. 11 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Harmony party names potential prime ministerial candidate". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. LTV. June 4, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ Kaža, Juris (14 August 2018). "Who is who in upcoming Latvian parliamentary elections". Re:Baltica. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ Līcīte, Madara (September 15, 2020). "Vjačeslavu Dombrovski un Ļubovu Švecovu izslēdz no «Saskaņas»" (in Latvian). Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ "Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis paziņojis par plānu dibināt jaunu partiju". LETA (in Latvian). Latvijas Avīze. January 9, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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