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Egils Levits

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Egils Levits (born 30 June 1955) is a Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist and jurist who served as the tenth president of Latvia from 2019 to 2023. He was a member of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019. During the late Soviet-era, he was a member of the Popular Front of Latvia and contributed to the declaration of restored Latvian independence in 1990. He was vice-prime minister and minister for justice of Latvia from 1993 to 1994 and ambassador to Hungary, Austria and Switzerland from 1994 to 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Egils Levits is the 5,447th most popular politician (down from 5,410th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Latvia (up from 22nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Latvian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Egils Levits ranks 5,447 out of 19,576. Before him are Shah Shuja, Eduardo Frei Montalva, Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Oxyartes, and Hazael. After him are Mirjana Marković, Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, Abraham Kuyper, Vuk Drašković, Zhang Xueliang, and Emperor Kōkō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Egils Levits ranks 75. Before him are Jean Tigana, S. Jaishankar, Ante Gotovina, Jack Lew, Mick Jones, and Griffin Dunne. After him are Iman, Valdis Zatlers, José Antonio Camacho, Billy Idol, Björn Andrésen, and Toninho Cerezo.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Egils Levits ranks 21 out of 323. Before him are Andris Bērziņš (1944), Herberts Cukurs (1900), Vera Mukhina (1889), Peter von Biron (1724), Mischa Maisky (1948), and Ernst Johann von Biron (1690). After him are Valdis Zatlers (1955), Jānis Pujats (1930), Guntis Ulmanis (1939), Rainis (1865), Jānis Čakste (1859), and Pauline Therese of Württemberg (1800).

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Among POLITICIANS In Latvia

Among politicians born in Latvia, Egils Levits ranks 8. Before him are Kārlis Ulmanis (1877), Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717), Jacob Kettler (1610), Andris Bērziņš (1944), Peter von Biron (1724), and Ernst Johann von Biron (1690). After him are Valdis Zatlers (1955), Guntis Ulmanis (1939), Jānis Čakste (1859), Pauline Therese of Württemberg (1800), Laimdota Straujuma (1951), and Frederick William, Duke of Courland (1692).

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