Artūrs Krišjānis Kariņš

Artūrs Krišjānis Kariņš

Artūrs Krišjānis Kariņš (born December 13, 1964) is a Latvian politician.

Kariņš was born in Delaware, United States in a Latvian American family. In 1996, he finished a Ph.D. in linguistics from University of Pennsylvania. Soon after, he moved to Latvia, where he founded a company "Lāču ledus", a producer and distributor of ice and frozen foods.

He was one of founders of New Era Party in 2001, was elected to Saeima, the Latvian parliament in 2002 and reelected in 2006. Kariņš served as the chairman of the parliamentary faction of New Era Party from 2002 to 2004 and the Minister of Economy in Aigars Kalvitis government from December 2004 to April 2006. In March 2007, he became one of two co-leaders of New Era Party (together with Einars Repse).


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