Committees

Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2024/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on Industry, Research and Energy	2024/07/19
Member of	Committee on International Trade	2024/07/19

Delegations

Role	Delegation	Start	End
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the United States	2024/09/19
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee	2024/09/19
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee	2024/09/19
Substitute of	Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean	2024/09/19

Contact

Homepage

• https://linktr.ee/rihardskols

Email

• [javascript protected email address]

Brussels

• Phone: 003222845666
• Fax:
• Office: Bât. SOPHIE SCHOLL 00U042
• Full Address
  • City: Bruxelles/Brussel
  • Zip: B-1047
  • Street: 60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

Strasbourg

• Phone: 0033388175666
• Fax:
• Office: Bât. LOUISE WEISS T06045
• Full Address
  • City: Strasbourg
  • Zip: CS 91024 - F-67070
  • Street: 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman

Rapporteur

Type	Dossier	Committee	Title
Responsible Committee Shadow	2015/0012(NLE)	INTA International Trade	United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration

Activities

Stats

By types

Amendments (2)
Institutional motions (16)
Plenary speeches (15)
Shadow reports (1)
Written explanations (1)
Written questions (2)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
2	2024/0176(BUD)	2025 general budget: all sections
1	2024/2804(RSP)	Resolution on the severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus
1	2024/2799(RSP)	Resolution on continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States
1	2024/2810(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Venezuela
1	2024/2821(RSP)	Resolution on strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration
1	2024/2822(RSP)	Resolution on the democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia
1	2024/2891(RSP)	Resolution on the misinterpretation of UN resolution 2758 by the People’s Republic of China and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan
1	2024/2885(RSP)	EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia

See historical changes of the Bio

Born

1984/12/16 - Riga

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 2009-2010 : University of Westminster, Master of Arts in Diplomatic Studies
• 2003-2008 : School of Business Administration Turiba, Professional Baccalaureate in Legal Studies

Professional career

• 2015- ... : Member of the Board, European Movement in Latvia
• 2014-2022 : Chairman, Latvijas karogs (NGO)
• 2012-2014 : General Secretary, Founder, Association of Latvian Students in the United Kingdom
• 2011-2012 : Intern, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs)
• 2011-2012 : Project Manager, World NGO Day (international NGO)
• 2010-2011 : International Affairs Consultant and Analyst, Latvian British Chamber of Commerce
• 2004-2007 : Legal assistant, Grinvalds & Partners Law Office

Political career

• 05/12/2017- ... : Deputy Chairman, National Alliance (political party)
• 2018-20/06/2024 : Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Saeima of the Republic of Latvia
• 08/11/2022-28/06/2024 : Head of the Delegation to the OSCE, Saeima of the Republic of Latvia
• 2016-15/07/2024 : Representative of the Parliament to the OECD
• 08/11/2022-04/10/2023 : Secretary, European Affairs Committee, Saeima of the Republic of Latvia
• 2018-2024 : Chairman, Interparliamentary Friendship Group with the United States of America
• 2018-2024 : Chairman, Interparliamentary Friendship Group with the United Kingdom
• 2014-2024 : Member of Parliament, Saeima of the Republic of Latvia
• 2018-15/07/2024 : Chairman, Interparliamentary Friendship Group with Spain
• 2014-2018 : Deputy Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Saeima of the Republic of Latvia
• 11/2014-07/2015 : Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, Office of Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia
• 01/2014-11/2014 : Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia

Other activities

• 2023- ... : Senior Fellow, European Leadership Network
• 11/2022- ... : Member of the Advisory Board, Latvian Institute of International Affairs
• 2018- ... : Millennium Fellow, Atlantic Council
• 2016- ... : Guardsman, National Guard of the Republic of Latvia

Honours

• The Order of Merit – 3rd Class, Ukraine, 28 December 2023
• The Order of the Oak Crown of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg – Commander, Luxembourg, 27 December 2023
• The Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana – 3rd Class, Estonia, 19 April 2023
• The Medal of Gratitude, Armenia, 7 April 2022

Rihards KOLS on

• EP official site
• ... wikipedia
• ... google

History

Filter history Assistants.accredited Assistants.paying agents Assistants.service providers Cv Declaration on awareness of conflicts of interest Declarations of participation Delegations Gender

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)