Krišjānis KARIŅŠ
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)Member of the BureauLatviaJaunais laiks
Member
ITRECommittee on Industry, Research and Energy
DSCADelegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees
DEPADelegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
Substitute
ECONCommittee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
D-USDelegation for relations with the United States
Curriculum vitae
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Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, linguistics (1996). B.A. University of Pennsylvania, linguistics (1988).
Chairman of the company PK SIA (1994-2002).
Member of the Latvian Parliament (since 2002). Minister for Economic Affairs of Latvia (2004-2006).
Founder, 'Jaunais laiks' party (2002). Member of the bureau, 'Jaunais laiks' party (2003-2007). Chair of the bureau, 'Jaunais laiks' party (2007-2008). Member of the bureau, 'Jaunais laiks' party (since 2008).
Chair of the 'Jaunais laiks' parliamentary party (2002-2004; 2006/2007). Minister for Economic Affairs of Latvia (2004-2006).