Andris Bērziņš (Latvian Prime Minister)

Andris Berzins (* August 4, 1951 in Riga) is a Latvian politician of the party Latvian Way ( Latvijas Cels ) and former Prime Minister.

Life

Minister and Mayor of Riga

After school he studied history and philosophy.

Berzins was appointed on 3 August 1993 to the labor minister in the cabinet of Valdis Birkavs. Subsequently, he was on September 15, 1994 to December 21, 1995 Deputy Prime Minister and Welfare Minister in the government of Māris Gailis. After all, he still belonged to 13 February 1997, the Cabinet of Prime Minister Andris Šķēle as Minister of State for Labour in the Ministry of Welfare.

In 1997 he was elected as a candidate of the party Latvian Way ( Latvijas Cels ) mayor of Riga.

Prime Minister from 2000 to 2002

Subsequently, he was appointed as successor to Šķēle on 5 May 2000 finally even Minister. As such, he formed a coalition government of his party with the " People's Party " ( Tautas Partija ), the party " For Fatherland and Freedom" ( Tēvzemei ​​un Brīvībai ) and the party " New Era " ( Jaunais laiks ). The Office of the Prime Minister he held until his replacement by Einar Repše out on 7 November 2002.

In the European elections on 18 May 2004, he ran unsuccessfully on the second list position of Latvijas Cels.