Sandra KALNIETE

Constituencies

Jaunā Vienotība Latvia 2024/07/16 -

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Partija "VIENOTĪBA" Latvia 2019/07/02 - 2024/07/15
Partija "VIENOTĪBA" Latvia 2014/07/01 - 2019/07/01
Vienotība Latvia 2013/03/25 - 2014/06/30
Pilsoniskā Savienība Latvia 2009/07/14 - 2013/03/24

Groups

PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2024/07/16 -

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PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30
PPE Vice-Chair Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2014/07/01 - 2019/07/01
PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2019/07/02 - 2019/09/16
PPE Vice-Chair Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2019/09/17 - 2022/01/24
PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2022/01/25 - 2024/07/15

Committees

Role	Committee	Start
Substitute of	Committee on Culture and Education	2024/07/19
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2024/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on International Trade	2024/07/19

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Role	Committee	Start	End
Substitute of	Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Member of	Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality	2009/09/02	2010/10/21
Substitute of	Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development	2012/01/19	2014/06/30
Member of	Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection	2012/01/19	2014/06/30
Substitute of	Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development	2014/07/01	2017/01/18
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2014/07/01	2017/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development	2017/01/19	2019/07/01
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2017/01/19	2019/07/01
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2019/07/02	2022/01/19
Substitute of	Committee on International Trade	2019/07/02	2022/01/19
Substitute of	Subcommittee on Security and Defence	2019/07/02	2022/01/19
Member of	Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation	2020/09/14	2022/03/23
Substitute of	Subcommittee on Security and Defence	2022/01/20	2023/01/10
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2022/01/20	2024/07/15
Substitute of	Committee on International Trade	2022/01/20	2024/07/15
Member of	Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation, and the strengthening of integrity, transparency and accountability in the European Parliament	2022/03/24	2023/08/12

Delegations

Role	Delegation	Start
Substitute of	Delegation to the Caribbean-EU Parliamentary Assembly	2024/09/19
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee	2024/09/19
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee	2024/09/19
Substitute of	Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2024/09/19

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Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation for relations with Japan	2009/09/16	2009/09/29
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee	2009/09/16	2014/06/30
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with Japan	2009/09/30	2014/06/30
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)	2014/07/14	2019/07/01
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee	2014/07/14	2019/07/01
Substitute of	Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly	2014/07/14	2019/07/01
Substitute of	Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee	2019/07/02	2024/07/15
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee	2019/07/02	2024/07/15
Member of	Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly	2019/07/02	2024/07/15
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly	2019/07/18	2024/07/15

Contact

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Brussels

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Strasbourg

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- Zip: CS 91024 - F-67070
- Street: 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman

Rapporteur

Type	Dossier	Committee	Title
Responsible Committee Shadow	2024/0029(COD)	INTA International Trade	Temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Moldovan products under the EU/Euratom/Moldova Association Agreement
Responsible Committee	2024/0028(COD)	INTA International Trade	Temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the EU/Euratom/Ukraine Association Agreement
Responsible Committee Shadow	2023/2041(INI)	AFET Foreign Affairs	Relations with Belarus
Responsible Committee Shadow	2023/0144(COD)	INTA International Trade	Temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Moldovan products under the EU/Moldova Association Agreement
Responsible Committee	2023/0051(COD)	INTA International Trade	EU/Euratom/Ukraine Association Agreement: temporary trade liberalisation supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products
Responsible Committee Shadow	2023/0018(COD)	INTA International Trade	Macro-financial assistance to Moldova
Responsible Committee	2022/0138(COD)	INTA International Trade	Temporary trade liberalisation supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under EU/Ukraine Association Agreement
Responsible Committee	2020/2268(INI)	INGE Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation	Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation
Responsible Committee	2018/2158(INI)	AFET Foreign Affairs	State of EU-Russia political relations
Responsible Committee	2015/2272(INI)	AFET Foreign Affairs	EU in a changing global environment - a more connected, contested and complex world
Responsible Committee	2014/0222(NLE)	AFET Foreign Affairs	EU/Vietnam Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation: accession of Croatia to the EU. Protocol
Responsible Committee Shadow	2012/2133(INI)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	New agenda for European consumer policy
Committee Opinion	2011/0402(CNS)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Specific programme implementing the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020
Committee Opinion	2011/0401(COD)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation 2014-2020
Committee Opinion	2011/0300(COD)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	Trans-European energy infrastructure: guidelines
Responsible Committee	2010/2289(INI)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	Governance and partnership in the single market
Committee Opinion	2009/0108(COD)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	Measures to safeguard security of gas supply

Activities

Stats

Amendment Co-authors

Name	Group	Country	Ams
Andrius KUBILIUS	PPE	Lithuania	175
Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ	PPE	Lithuania	164
Miriam LEXMANN	PPE	Slovakia	131
Krišjānis KARIŅŠ	PPE	Latvia	78
Andrzej HALICKI	PPE	Poland	72
Roberts ZĪLE	ECR	Latvia	70
Ivari PADAR	S&D	Estonia	62
Inese VAIDERE	PPE	Latvia	59
Tomasz FRANKOWSKI	PPE	Poland	57
Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT	PPE	Sweden	50
Zigmantas BALČYTIS	S&D	Lithuania	50
Andreas SCHWAB	PPE	Germany	45
Andrey KOVATCHEV	PPE	Bulgaria	45
Radvilė MORKŪNAITĖ-MIKULĖNIENĖ	PPE	Lithuania	44
Artis PABRIKS	PPE	Latvia	42
Željana ZOVKO	PPE	Croatia	39
Tunne KELAM	PPE	Estonia	34
Bronis ROPĖ	Verts/ALE	Lithuania	34
Lara COMI	PPE	Italy	32
Kārlis ŠADURSKIS	PPE	Latvia	32
Traian UNGUREANU	PPE	Romania	32
Michael GAHLER	PPE	Germany	32
Isabel WISELER-LIMA	PPE	Luxembourg	32
Vladimír BILČÍK	PPE	Slovakia	32
Radosław SIKORSKI	PPE	Poland	32
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE	PPE	Spain	31
Traian BĂSESCU	PPE	Romania	29
Janina OCHOJSKA	PPE	Poland	28
Milan ZVER	PPE	Slovenia	27
Czesław HOC	ECR	Poland	27
Richard SULÍK	ECR	Slovakia	27
Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI	ECR	Poland	27
Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI	ECR	Poland	27
Angel DZHAMBAZKI	ECR	Bulgaria	27
Paulo RANGEL	PPE	Portugal	27
Kinga GÁL	PPE	Hungary	26
Ryszard CZARNECKI	ECR	Poland	26
David MCALLISTER	PPE	Germany	26
Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ	PPE	Czechia	26
Dace MELBĀRDE	PPE	Latvia	26
Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU	PPE	Romania	25
Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA	ECR	Poland	25
Stanisław OŻÓG	ECR	Poland	25
Edward CZESAK	ECR	Poland	25
Urszula KRUPA	ECR	Poland	25
Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA	ECR	Poland	25
Asim ADEMOV	PPE	Bulgaria	25
Alexander ALEXANDROV YORDANOV	PPE	Bulgaria	25
Peter POLLÁK	PPE	Slovakia	25
Bolesław G. PIECHA	ECR	Poland	24
Marian-Jean MARINESCU	PPE	Romania	24
Beata GOSIEWSKA	ECR	Poland	24
Zbigniew KUŹMIUK	ECR	Poland	24
Monica MACOVEI	PPE	Romania	22
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ	S&D	Lithuania	22
Kaja KALLAS	ALDE	Estonia	22
Bogusław LIBERADZKI	S&D	Poland	22
Urmas PAET	ALDE	Estonia	22
Indrek TARAND	Verts/ALE	Estonia	22
Jana TOOM	ALDE	Estonia	22
Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS	ALDE	Lithuania	22
László TŐKÉS	PPE	Romania	21
Ágnes HANKISS	PPE	Hungary	21
Andor DELI	PPE	Hungary	19
Dace MELBĀRDE	ECR	Latvia	19
Algirdas SAUDARGAS	PPE	Lithuania	18
Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI	PPE	Romania	18
Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI	ECR	Lithuania	18
Ivars GODMANIS	ALDE	Latvia	17
Marijana PETIR	PPE	Croatia	15
Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ	PPE	Czechia	15
Csaba SÓGOR	PPE	Romania	15
Pál CSÁKY	PPE	Slovakia	14
Bendt BENDTSEN	PPE	Denmark	14
Patricija ŠULIN	PPE	Slovenia	13
Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK	PPE	Slovakia	13
Ivica TOLIĆ	PPE	Croatia	13
Ivana MALETIĆ	PPE	Croatia	13
Sławomir KŁOSOWSKI	ECR	Poland	13
Riho TERRAS	PPE	Estonia	13
Andrea BOCSKOR	PPE	Hungary	12
Rafał TRZASKOWSKI	PPE	Poland	11
Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ	PPE	Lithuania	9
Vytautas LANDSBERGIS	PPE	Lithuania	9
György SCHÖPFLIN	PPE	Hungary	9
Malcolm HARBOUR	ECR	United Kingdom	8
Robert ROCHEFORT	ALDE	France	8
Małgorzata HANDZLIK	PPE	Poland	8
László TŐKÉS	PPE	Hungary	8
József SZÁJER	PPE	Hungary	8
Kristiina OJULAND	ALDE	Estonia	7
Jarosław KALINOWSKI	PPE	Poland	7
Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI	PPE	Poland	7
Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ	PPE	Hungary	6
Zuzana ROITHOVÁ	PPE	Czechia	6
Albert DESS	PPE	Germany	6
Gabrielius LANDSBERGIS	PPE	Lithuania	6
Pavel SVOBODA	PPE	Czechia	6
Theodor Dumitru STOLOJAN	PPE	Romania	6
Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS	RE	Lithuania	6
Hans-Peter MAYER	PPE	Germany	5
Wim van de CAMP	PPE	Netherlands	5
Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA	PPE	Spain	4
Filip KACZMAREK	PPE	Poland	4
Artur ZASADA	PPE	Poland	4
Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI	ECR	Poland	4
Jacek WŁOSOWICZ	ECR	Poland	4
Alojz PETERLE	PPE	Slovenia	4
Christofer FJELLNER	PPE	Sweden	4
Daniel CASPARY	PPE	Germany	4
Peter JAHR	PPE	Germany	3
Astrid LULLING	PPE	Luxembourg	3
Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU	PPE	Romania	3
Jan BŘEZINA	PPE	Czechia	3
Hermann WINKLER	PPE	Germany	3
Werner KUHN	PPE	Germany	3
Horst SCHNELLHARDT	PPE	Germany	3
Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH	PPE	Germany	3
Joachim ZELLER	PPE	Germany	3
Jarosław WAŁĘSA	PPE	Poland	3
Marju LAURISTIN	S&D	Estonia	3
Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK	ECR	Poland	3
Philippe JUVIN	PPE	France	2
Konstantinos POUPAKIS	PPE	Greece	2
Norbert ERDŐS	PPE	Hungary	2
Vladimir URUTCHEV	PPE	Bulgaria	2
Daniel BUDA	PPE	Romania	2
Christophe HANSEN	PPE	Luxembourg	2
Gabriel MATO	PPE	Spain	2
Svenja HAHN	RE	Germany	2
Barry ANDREWS	RE	Ireland	2
Lena DÜPONT	PPE	Germany	2
Anja WEISGERBER	PPE	Germany	1
Justas Vincas PALECKIS	S&D	Lithuania	1
Vilja SAVISAAR-TOOMAST	ALDE	Estonia	1
Viktor USPASKICH	ALDE	Lithuania	1
Britta REIMERS	ALDE	Germany	1
Wojciech Michał OLEJNICZAK	S&D	Poland	1
Reinhard BÜTIKOFER	Verts/ALE	Germany	1
Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN	ALDE	Netherlands	1
Liisa JAAKONSAARI	S&D	Finland	1
Gunnar HÖKMARK	PPE	Sweden	1
Seán KELLY	PPE	Ireland	1
Iuliu WINKLER	PPE	Romania	1
Angelika WINZIG	PPE	Austria	1
Sven SIMON	PPE	Germany	1
Liudas MAŽYLIS	PPE	Lithuania	1
José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL	PPE	Spain	1
Arnaud DANJEAN	PPE	France	1
Kris PEETERS	PPE	Belgium	1
Liesje SCHREINEMACHER	RE	Netherlands	1
Jérémy DECERLE	RE	France	1
Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE	RE	France	1
Bernd LANGE	S&D	Germany	1
Kathleen VAN BREMPT	S&D	Belgium	1
Paolo DE CASTRO	S&D	Italy	1
Massimiliano SALINI	PPE	Italy	1
Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ	PPE	Spain	1
Ivan DAVID	ID	Czechia	1
Carlo FIDANZA	ECR	Italy	1

By types

Amendments (899)
Institutional motions (4)
Plenary speeches (2)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
79	2019/2209(INI)	European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the Eastern Partnership, in the run-up to the June 2020 Summit
52	2013/0137(COD)	Plant reproductive material: production and making available on the market
48	2018/2037(INI)	Future of food and farming
44	2013/2129(INI)	Historical memory in education and in culture in the EU
38	2012/2133(INI)	New agenda for European consumer policy
38	2023/2125(INI)	EU-Russia political relations
34	2020/2081(INI)	Proposal for a Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on relations with Belarus
33	2018/0216(COD)	Support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP strategic plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) 2021–2027
31	2019/2135(INI)	Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2018
27	2010/2289(INI)	Governance and partnership in the single market
27	2016/0070(COD)	Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services
26	2023/2112(INI)	European historical consciousness
25	2023/0200(COD)	Establishing the Ukraine Facility
22	2012/0042(COD)	Greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF): accounting rules and information on actions
21	2008/0196(COD)	Consumer rights
19	2020/0361(COD)	Digital Services Act
18	2011/0280(COD)	Common agricultural policy (CAP): direct payments to farmers under support schemes 2014-2020
17	2015/2095(INI)	Situation in the Mediterranean and need for a holistic EU approach to migration
15	2019/2200(INI)	Annual implementing report on the EU association agreement with Georgia
15	2023/2041(INI)	Relations with Belarus
13	2016/2310(INI)	2016 Commission report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
13	2023/2127(INI)	EU-China relations
12	2011/2051(INI)	CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future
11	2013/0398(COD)	Agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries: information provision and promotion measures
10	2011/2149(INI)	New strategy for consumer policy
10	2014/2816(INI)	Conclusion of an EU/Georgia association agreement
10	2016/0282(COD)	Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union: simplification
9	2011/2178(INI)	Competitive digital single market - eGovernment as a spearhead
9	2011/2175(INI)	How to avoid food wastage: strategies for a more efficient food chain in the EU
9	2016/0230(COD)	2030 climate and energy framework: inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry
8	2009/2236(INI)	Future of the CAP after 2013
8	2009/2155(INI)	Simplification of the CAP
8	2019/2136(INI)	Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy - annual report
7	2015/2113(INI)	Towards a European energy union
7	2015/2001(INI)	State of EU-Russia relations
6	2013/2005(INI)	Making the internal energy market work
6	2011/0300(COD)	Trans-European energy infrastructure: guidelines
6	2009/0108(COD)	Measures to safeguard security of gas supply
6	2011/0281(COD)	Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products 2014-2020. Single CMO Regulation
6	2015/2272(INI)	EU in a changing global environment - a more connected, contested and complex world
6	2014/2153(INI)	European energy security strategy
5	2011/0276(COD)	Common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund; general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
5	2016/2030(INI)	EU strategic communication to counteract propaganda against it by third parties
5	2018/0217(COD)	Common agricultural policy (CAP): financing, management and monitoring 2021–2027
4	2011/0282(COD)	European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): support for rural development 2014-2020
4	2018/2158(INI)	State of EU-Russia political relations
4	2016/2036(INI)	Implementation of the common foreign and security policy
4	2015/2002(INI)	Review of the European neighbourhood policy
4	2016/0308(COD)	Temporary autonomous trade measures for Ukraine
4	2018/0082(COD)	Unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain
4	2014/0100(COD)	Organic production and labelling of organic products
3	2011/0435(COD)	Recognition of professional qualifications: European Professional Card supported by the Internal Market Information System (IMI)
3	2011/0288(COD)	Common agricultural policy (CAP): financing, management and monitoring 2014-2020
3	2009/2202(INI)	Evaluation and assessment of the animal welfare action plan 2006-2010
3	2012/2309(INI)	Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections
3	2014/2223(INI)	New EU forest strategy: for forests and the forest-based sector
3	2014/0285(COD)	Multiannual plan for the stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks
2	2011/0373(COD)	Alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes (Directive on consumer ADR)
2	2010/0363(COD)	Wholesale energy market integrity and transparency
2	2013/0117(COD)	Transitional provisions on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
2	2010/2111(INI)	EU protein deficit: what solution for a long standing problem?
2	2010/2110(INI)	EU agriculture and international trade
2	2011/2182(INI)	EU citizenship report 2010: dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens' rights
2	2018/0218(COD)	Common agricultural policy (CAP) 2021–2027
2	2015/2065(INI)	Unfair trading practices in the food supply chain
2	2020/2023(INI)	Recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2	2021/2182(INI)	Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2021
2	2021/0427(COD)	Instrumentalisation of migration
1	2014/2005(INI)	Negotiations on the MFF 2014-2020: lessons to be learned and the way forward
1	2013/0340(NLE)	Community framework for the nuclear safety of nuclear installations
1	2012/0027(COD)	Union Customs Code. Recast
1	2011/0286(COD)	Common agricultural policy (CAP): application of direct payments for farmers in respect of the year 2013
1	2011/2056(INI)	Effective raw materials strategy for Europe
1	2010/0266(COD)	Rural development: support by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
1	2015/2353(INI)	Preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament's input ahead of the Commission's proposal
1	2024/2804(RSP)
1	2024/2799(RSP)

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CV/0	Latvian Academy of Art, art history (1981). Institute of International Relations, University of Leeds (1992). Study grant from the UN Human Rights Study Centre (1994). Institute of International Relations, University of Geneva (1995). First degree in art (1996).
CV/1	Head of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia (1990). Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (1991). Latvia's ambassador to the European office of the United Nations in Geneva (1993). Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia in France (1997). Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to UNESCO (2000). Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia (2002). Member, European Commission, responsible for agriculture and fisheries (2004). Adviser to the European Commissioner for Energy (2005). Member of the Latvian Parliament during its 9th parliamentary term (2006).
CV/2	Secretary to the Council of Latvijas Tautas fronte (Latvian People's Front); vice-chair of the board (1988-1991). Member of the board, 'Jaunais Laiks' party (2006-2007). Chair, 'Pilsoniskā savienība' party (2008). Member of the board, 'Pilsoniskā savienība' party (2009).
CV/3	Member of the Latvian Parliament during its 9th parliamentary term (2006). Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia (2002-2004). Member, European Commission (1 May 2004-18 November 2004).
CV/4	Member, management board of the Robert Schuman Foundation (since 2004). Member of the board, Friends of Europe; member, editorial board of the journal Europe's World; member, board of the Political Innovation Foundation (since 2005). Member, board of Rural Investment Support for Europe (since 2008).
CV/5	Book 'Latvijas tekstilmāksla' (Latvian textile arts) (1989). Book 'Es lauzu. Tu lauzi. Mēs lauzām. Viņi lūza' (I broke. You broke. We broke. They collapsed) (2000). Book 'Ar balles kurpēm Sibīrijas sniegos' (With Dance Shoes in Siberian Snows) (2001).
CV/6	Commander of the Order of the Three Stars (1995). Latvian Government award (2000). Commander of the Legion of Honour (France) (2001). Commander of the Order of Academic Palms (France) (2002). Commander of the Grand Cross of Lielkunigaitis Ģedemins (Lithuania) (2004). Commander of the Grand Cross of Recognition (2005). Ethics and Culture Award (Switzerland) (2007). Gold medal for services to Europe (Luxembourg) (2009). Medal of the Baltic Assembly (2009).

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Latvian Academy of Art, art history (1981). Institute of International Relations, University of Leeds (1992). Study grant from the UN Human Rights Study Centre (1994). Institute of International Relations, University of Geneva (1995). First degree in art (1996).
Head of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia (1990). Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (1991). Latvia's ambassador to the European office of the United Nations in Geneva (1993). Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia in France (1997). Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to UNESCO (2000). Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia (2002). Member, European Commission, responsible for agriculture and fisheries (2004). Adviser to the European Commissioner for Energy (2005). Member of the Latvian Parliament during its 9th parliamentary term (2006).
Secretary to the Council of Latvijas Tautas fronte (Latvian People's Front); vice-chair of the board (1988-1991). Member of the board, 'Jaunais Laiks' party (2006-2007). Chair, 'Pilsoniskā savienība' party (2008). Member of the board, 'Pilsoniskā savienība' party (2009).
Member of the Latvian Parliament during its 9th parliamentary term (2006). Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia (2002-2004). Member, European Commission (1 May 2004-18 November 2004).
Member, management board of the Robert Schuman Foundation (since 2004). Member of the board, Friends of Europe; member, editorial board of the journal Europe's World; member, board of the Political Innovation Foundation (since 2005). Member, board of Rural Investment Support for Europe (since 2008).
Book 'Latvijas tekstilmāksla' (Latvian textile arts) (1989). Book 'Es lauzu. Tu lauzi. Mēs lauzām. Viņi lūza' (I broke. You broke. We broke. They collapsed) (2000). Book 'Ar balles kurpēm Sibīrijas sniegos' (With Dance Shoes in Siberian Snows) (2001).
Commander of the Order of the Three Stars (1995). Latvian Government award (2000). Commander of the Legion of Honour (France) (2001). Commander of the Order of Academic Palms (France) (2002). Commander of the Grand Cross of Lielkunigaitis Ģedemins (Lithuania) (2004). Commander of the Grand Cross of Recognition (2005). Ethics and Culture Award (Switzerland) (2007). Gold medal for services to Europe (Luxembourg) (2009). Medal of the Baltic Assembly (2009).