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Jānis Reirs
Latvian politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jānis Reirs (born 23 September 1961 in Riga) is a Latvian politician who served as Minister of Finance in the first Kariņš cabinet from 2019 until 2022, as well as Minister for Welfare in the Kučinskis cabinet from 2016 until 2019[1] and Minister of Finance in the second Straujuma cabinet.[1]
Quick Facts Minister of Finance, Prime Minister ...
Jānis Reirs | |
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Minister of Finance | |
In office 23 January 2019 – 14 December 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Krišjānis Kariņš |
Preceded by | Dana Reizniece-Ozola |
Succeeded by | Arvils Ašeradens |
In office 5 November 2014 – 11 February 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Laimdota Straujuma |
Preceded by | Andris Vilks |
Succeeded by | Dana Reizniece-Ozola |
Minister of Welfare | |
In office 11 February 2016 – 23 January 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Māris Kučinskis |
Preceded by | Uldis Augulis |
Succeeded by | Ramona Petraviča |
Personal details | |
Born | (1961-09-23) 23 September 1961 (age 62) Riga, Latvian SSR (now Latvia) |
Political party | New Era Party (until 2011) Unity |
Alma mater | University of Latvia |
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