Awards & Recognition
★Order of the Three Stars, 2nd Class - Latvia's highest state decoration (2014)
★Commander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
★Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st and 2nd class (Ukraine)
Notable Facts
→Current European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification
→Former Executive Vice-President of European Commission (2019-2024)
→Former Prime Minister of Latvia (2009-2014) - longest serving in nation's history
→Co-authored book 'How Latvia came through the financial crisis' (2011)
→Has advanced degrees in both physics and economics
→Former Finance Minister of Latvia and MEP
→Co-chair of EU-US Trade and Technology Council since 2021