Andris Bērziņš (prime minister)

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Andris Bērziņš
Bērziņš in 2004

16th Prime Minister of Latvia
In office 5 May 2000 – 7 November 2002
President	Vaira Vīķe Freiberga
Preceded by	Andris Šķēle
Succeeded by	Einars Repše
3rd Mayor of Riga
In office 9 March 1997 – 5 May 2000
Preceded by	Māris Purgailis
Succeeded by	Andris Ārgalis
Minister of Welfare of Latvia
In office 19 September 1994 – 21 December 1995
Prime Minister	Māris Gailis

Personal details
Born	(1951-08-04) 4 August 1951 (age 73) Rīga, Latvian SSR
Political party	Latvian Way
Spouse	Daina Bērziņa
Alma mater	University of Latvia
Profession	History teacher

Andris Bērziņš (born 4 August 1951^[1]) is a Latvian politician born in Riga. He served as Prime Minister of Latvia from 5 May 2000 to 7 November 2002. He is a member of the Latvian Way political party.

Career

He served as minister of labor from 1993 to 1994, deputy prime minister and minister of welfare from 1994 to 1995, and mayor of Riga from 1997 to 2000.

Andris Bērziņš is an Honorary Member of The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.

References

^ "Ministru prezidents Andris Bērziņš - Latvijas Vēstnesis". vestnesis.lv (in Latvian).

Political offices
Preceded by Māris Purgailis	Mayor of Riga 1997–2000	Succeeded by Andris Ārgalis
Preceded by Andris Šķēle	Prime Minister of Latvia May 5, 2000 – November 7, 2002	Succeeded by Einars Repše

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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