Artis Pabriks

Artis Pabriks (born March 22, 1966) is a Latvian politician and the current Foreign Minister of Latvia.

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Artis Pabriks has a degree in history from University of Latvia (1992) and a Ph.D. in political science from University of Aarhus, Denmark (1996). After finishing his Ph.D., he became the rector of Vidzemes augstskola, a newly founded regional college located in Valmiera, Latvia. He has taught at Vidzemes Augstskola since then. He has co-authored two books: Latvia:Challenge of Change (2001) and The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (2002), both of which are published by Routledge.

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Pabriks joined politics as one of founding members of Tautas Partija (People's Party) in 1998 and became a member of Saeima, the Latvian parliament in March 2004. He was appointed the Foreign Minister on July 21, 2004.

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