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Valdis Dombrovskis
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Person

Valdis Dombrovskis

b. 1971

11th Prime Minister of Latvia

Born
5 Aug 1971 · Riga
Part ofLatvia1198 – today

Life timeline

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

Showing 63 years
  1. 5 Aug 1971BornBorn in Riga
  2. 2002 – 2004RoleMinister of Finance
  3. 2004 – 2009RoleMember of the European Parliament
  4. 2009 – 2014RolePrime Minister of Latvia
  5. 2010RoleDeputy of Saeima
  6. 2011RoleDeputy of Saeima
  7. 2012AwardOrder of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
  8. 2013AwardCommander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  9. 2014RoleDeputy of Saeima
  10. 2014RoleMember of the European Parliament
  11. 2014RoleEuropean Commissioner for Economic Affairs
  12. 2014 – 2024RoleVice-president of the European Commission
  13. 2016 – 2020RoleEuropean Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
  14. 2016 – 2020RoleEuropean Commissioner for Internal Market
  15. 2020 – 2024RoleEuropean Commissioner for Trade
  16. 2024RoleEuropean Commissioner for Economy

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1971 – today).

  1. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  2. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  5. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  6. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  7. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  8. 1985Schengen Agreement
  9. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  10. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  11. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  13. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  15. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  16. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  17. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  18. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  19. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  20. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  21. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  22. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  23. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  24. 20112011 Norway attacks
  25. 2011Libyan civil war
  26. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  27. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  28. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  29. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  30. 2015Paris Agreement
  31. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  32. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  33. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  34. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  35. 2023Gaza war
  36. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  37. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Valdis Dombrovskis (born 5 August 1971) is a Latvian politician serving as European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, and Commissioner for Implementation and Simplification. He previously served as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People (2019-2024), European Commissioner for Trade (2020-2024). European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (2016-2020) and Prime Minister of Latvia from 2009 to 2014.

Dombrovskis served as Minister for Finance of Latvia from 2002 to 2004. He then served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the New Era Party from 2004 to 2009. He became the Prime Minister of Latvia in 2009, serving until his resignation in 2014. He was Vice-President of the European Commission for the Euro and Social Dialogue from 2014 to 2019. Following the resignation of Lord Jonathan Hill, Dombrovskis served as European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union from 2016 to 2020. Following the resignation of Phil Hogan, it was announced that he would take over the portfolio for Trade.

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