Sandra KALNIETE

MEP

Latvia

Partija "VIENOTĪBA"

BRUSSEL

SPINELLI 08F155 (ALTIERO SPINELLI)
Parlement européen
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles / Brussel

+32 (0)2 28 45204

STRASBOURG

WEISS T11029 (LOUISE WEISS)
Parlement européen
Allée du Printemps
BP 1024/F
F-67070 Strasbourg cedex

+33 (0)3 88 1 75204

BIO

Born in 1952. Riga. Master of Arts, Latvian Academy of Art, 1996. General Secretary;1987 – 1988; Latvian Artists' Union. General Secretary of the LPF Coordinating Council, Deputy Chairman; 1988 - 1990 Latvian Popular Front (LPF¬). Chief of Protocol, Deputy Foreign Minister; 1990 - 1993 Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador to the UN in Geneva; 1993 – 1997. Ambassador to France; 1997 – 2002. Ambassador to UNESCO; 2000 – 2002. Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs; November 7, 2002 – 9 March, 2004. European Commissioner; 1 May – 20 November 2004. Member of Latvian Parliament, October 2006. Member of Board, Robert Schuman Foundation. MEP since 2009.

My Positions in Parliament:

Member - Intergroup on European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural Routes
Member - Partija "VIENOTĪBA"
Member - Euronest
Member - Ukraine
Member - Foreign Affairs
Member - European Parliament
Substitute - NATO
Substitute - EEA/EFTA and the North
Substitute - International Trade