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Raimonds Vējonis
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Person

Raimonds Vējonis

b. 1966

Ninth president of Latvia

Born
15 Jun 1966 · place not recorded
Part ofLatvia1198 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 69 years
  1. 15 Jun 1966BornBorn
  2. 2002 – 2011RoleMinister for the Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia
  3. 2003 – 2011RoleMinister of the Environment
  4. 2006RoleDeputy of Saeima
  5. 2010RoleDeputy of Saeima
  6. 2011RoleMinister for the Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia
  7. 2011RoleMinister of the Environment
  8. 2011 – 2014RoleDeputy of Saeima
  9. 2012 – 2015RoleMinister of Defence of Latvia
  10. 2014 – 2015RoleMinister of Defence of Latvia
  11. 2014RoleDeputy of Saeima
  12. 2015 – 2019RolePresident of Latvia
  13. 2018AwardKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  14. 2018AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Falcon
  15. 2019AwardDecoration for Exceptional Merits
  16. 2019AwardGrand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  17. 2019AwardCollar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1966 – today).

  1. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  3. 1968Prague Spring
  4. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  5. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  6. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  7. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  9. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  10. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  11. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  12. 1985Schengen Agreement
  13. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  14. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  15. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  17. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  19. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  20. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  21. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  22. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  23. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  24. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  25. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  26. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  27. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  28. 20112011 Norway attacks
  29. 2011Libyan civil war
  30. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  31. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  32. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  33. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  34. 2015Paris Agreement
  35. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  36. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  37. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  38. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  39. 2023Gaza war
  40. 20242024 Summer Olympics

Biography

Raimonds Vējonis ([ˈrajmɔnts ˈvæːjuɔnis]; born 15 June 1966) is a Latvian politician who served as the 9th President of Latvia from 2015 to 2019 and the president of the Latvian Basketball Association since 2020.

He is a member of the Latvian Green Party, part of the Union of Greens and Farmers. He served as Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development in 2002 and in 2011 and as Minister of the Environment from 2003 to 2011, while the Ministry of Regional Development was a separate department. He became Minister of Defence of Latvia in 2014 and held that office until becoming president in 2015. Since 2020 he is the president of Latvian Basketball Association.

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