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Laila Freivalds

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Laila Freivalds (born 22 June 1942) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician who served as Minister for Justice from 1988 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 2000, as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2006 and as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden briefly in 2004. Freivalds was born in Riga, Latvia, during World War II, and escaped to Sweden with her family. She graduated with a Candidate of Law (juris kandidat) from Uppsala University in 1970, after which she served in the Swedish Court System until 1976. From 1976 onwards she held senior posts at the Swedish Consumer Agency, before being appointed Minister for Justice in 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laila Freivalds is the 15,853rd most popular politician (down from 15,460th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 167th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Latvian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Laila Freivalds ranks 15,853 out of 19,576. Before her are H. R. Haldeman, Æthelred, Andrea Casiraghi, Shaukat Aziz, James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, and Johan Henrik Deuntzer. After her are Marco Maciel, Jenny Shipley, Bonfoh Abass, Donald Regan, Jean-Max Bellerive, and Ichikawa Fusae.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Laila Freivalds ranks 549. Before her are Carol Cleveland, Carl Douglas, Mirko Sandić, Bernard Lietaer, Nancy Richey, and Philippe Gondet. After her are Gabriel Núñez, José Luis González Dávila, James Soong, Zoltán Nemere, Wayne Newton, and Aníbal Torres.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Laila Freivalds ranks 170 out of 323. Before her are Dainis Kūla (1959), Juris Alunāns (1832), Valdis Birkavs (1942), Indulis Emsis (1952), Imants Kalniņš (1941), and Anšlavs Eglītis (1906). After her are Aigars Kalvītis (1966), Leonid Ostrovski (1936), Vladimirs Petrovs (1907), Māris Verpakovskis (1979), Inese Vaidere (1952), and Piotr Ugrumov (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In Latvia

Among politicians born in Latvia, Laila Freivalds ranks 42. Before her are Augusts Kirhenšteins (1872), Andris Piebalgs (1957), Helmuts Balderis (1952), Tatjana Ždanoka (1950), Valdis Birkavs (1942), and Indulis Emsis (1952). After her are Aigars Kalvītis (1966), Inese Vaidere (1952), Alexei Kudrin (1960), Solvita Āboltiņa (1963), Māris Gailis (1951), and Roberts Zīle (1958).

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