Vilis Krištopans

Vilis Krištopāns
Vilis Krištopāns
	Krištopāns in 2023
Member of the European Parliament; for Latvia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 July 2024
Member of the Saeima
	In office; 1 November 2022 – 16 July 2024
	In office; 5 November 2002 – 7 November 2007
	In office; 6 July 1993 – 25 January 1996
15th Prime Minister of Latvia
	In office; 26 November 1998 – 16 July 1999
President	Guntis Ulmanis; Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
Preceded by	Guntars Krasts
Succeeded by	Andris Šķēle
Personal details
Born	13 June 1954 (age 70); Omsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1980–1987); Latvian Way (1993–2002); Union of Greens and Farmers (2002–2007); Latvia First (2021–present)
Spouse	Aija Krištopane
Children	3
Education	Riga Technical University

Vilis Krištopans (born 13 June 1954) is a Latvian politician who served as the prime minister of Latvia from 26 November 1998 to 15 July 1999.^[1]

As a prime minister he was a member of the Latvian Way political party. He then left politics and, in 2002, returned as a member of parliament from the Union of Greens and Farmers.^[2] Prior to being prime minister, he was the minister of transport.

References

^ How democratic is Latvia: audit of democracy. Latvia: Stratēg̓iskās analīzes komisija, Latvijas universitāte. Sociālo un politisko pētījumu institūts. 2005. p. 87. ISBN 9789984770697.
^ Sikk, Allan (22–23 January 2004), Successful new parties in the Baltic states: similar or different? (PDF), Paper prepared for the conference ‘The Baltic States: New Europe or Old?’, University of Glasgow, p. 7, Likewise, the New Era received backing from Latvian ex-president Guntis Ulmanis (himself being a member in the Farmers' Party) and former prime minister Vilis Krištopans of Latvia's Way party, who had become disappointed of his own party (who however joined the Green and Farmer's coalition later).{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Political offices
Preceded by Guntars Krasts	Prime Minister of Latvia November 26, 1998 – July 16, 1999	Succeeded by Andris Šķēle

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[1] How democratic is Latvia: audit of democracy. Latvia: Stratēg̓iskās analīzes komisija, Latvijas universitāte. Sociālo un politisko pētījumu institūts. 2005. p. 87. ISBN 9789984770697.

[2] Sikk, Allan (22–23 January 2004), Successful new parties in the Baltic states: similar or different? (PDF), Paper prepared for the conference ‘The Baltic States: New Europe or Old?’, University of Glasgow, p. 7, Likewise, the New Era received backing from Latvian ex-president Guntis Ulmanis (himself being a member in the Farmers' Party) and former prime minister Vilis Krištopans of Latvia's Way party, who had become disappointed of his own party (who however joined the Green and Farmer's coalition later).{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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v t e Prime ministers of Latvia
1918–1940	Ulmanis Meierovics Pauļuks Meierovics Zāmuēls Celmiņš Ulmanis Alberings Skujenieks Juraševskis Celmiņš Ulmanis Skujenieks Bļodnieks Ulmanis
1990–present	Godmanis Birkavs Gailis Šķēle Krasts Krištopans Šķēle Bērziņš Repše Emsis Kalvītis Godmanis Dombrovskis Straujuma Kučinskis Kariņš Siliņa

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