Andris Bērziņš
Personal data
Citizenship: Citizen of the Republic of Latvia
Date of Birth: 10 December,1944
Education
- 1987 - 1988 University of Latvia, Faculty of Economics, industrial planning
- 1966 - 1971 Riga Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Radio Engineering, radio engineer
- 1963 - 1966 Service in the Soviet military
- 1962 - 1963 The Faculty of Mechanics of the Rīga Polytechnic Institute
- 1958 - 1962 The Sigulda No. 1 High School
- 1951 - 1958 The Nītaure Elementary School
Language proficiency
- Latvian – native
- English – fluent
- Russian – fluent
- German- good
Work experience
- 08.07.2011 - 2015 President of Latvia
- 2010 - 2011 Member of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia, Chairman of the Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee
- 2006 - 2010 President of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- 2007 - 2009 Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the A/S Latvenergo
- 1993 - 2004 President of the A/S Latvijas Unibanka
- 1990 - 1993 Member of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia
- 1990 - 1992 Member of the Supervisory Council of the Bank of Latvia
- 1989 - 1993 Chairman of the Valmiera District Council
- 1988 - 1989 Deputy Minister for Community Services
- 1971 - 1988 Managing Director of the R/A Elektrons
State awards
- 2011 The Order of Three Stars, First Grade, With Chain
- 2011 The Order of Viesturs, First Grade
- 2011 The Cross of Recognition, First Grade
- 2000 Commander of the Order of Three Stars
- 1996 A commemorative pin for participants in the 1991 barricades
Honorary titles
- 2013 Patronage of the European Academy of Science and Art
- 2012 Honorary member of the University of Latvia
- 2012 Honorary member of the Rīga Technical University
Foreign State awards
- 2015 Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (Federal Republic of Austria)
- 2015 The Royal Norwegian Order of St.Olav (Kingdom of Norway)
- 2014 „Order of the Seraphim” (Kingdom of Sweden)
- 2013 Order For Merit in favour of the Native Land ("Buyuk hizmatlari uchun") (Uzbekistan)
- 2013 The Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose with the Chain (Republic of Finland)
- 2013 The special category of the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)
- 2012 The Order of the White Eagle of the Republic of Poland (Orderem Orła Białego) (Republic of Poland)
- 2012 The Order of Vytautas the Great with the Golden Chain (Republic of Lithuania)
- 2012 The Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (Republic of Estonia)
- 2012 The Victory Order of St.George (Georgia)
- 2012 The Grand Order of King Tomislav with Sash and Grand Star (Republic of Croatia)