Māris Kučinskis
| Māris Kučinskis | |
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| Prime Minister of Latvia | |
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Assumed office 11 February 2016 |
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| President | Raimonds Vējonis |
| Preceded by | Laimdota Straujuma |
| Minister of Regional Development and Local Government | |
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In office 2 December 2004 – 7 November 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Aigars Kalvītis |
| Preceded by | Andrejs Radzevičs |
| Succeeded by | Aigars Štokenbergs |
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Māris Kučinskis 28 November 1961 Valmiera, Latvia |
| Political party |
People's Party (1998–2011) Liepāja Party (2014–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Union of Greens and Farmers (2014–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Ināra Kučinskis |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Latvia |
Māris Kučinskis (born November 28, 1961, near Limbaži) is a Latvian politician and the current Prime Minister of Latvia.
Māris Kučinskis was born on the 28th of November, 1961, in the settlement of Kirbizhi in the Limbaži District the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic. After ordinary school at Kirbizhi he moved to the town of Valmiera, where he studied at Secondary school №4 (1977-1980). After that he began to work as economist at the Finance department of The Valmiera Board of People's Deputies. From 1981 he served in the Soviet army and then entered the Faculty of management and economic information of the Latvian State University. At the same time, from 1984, he began to work as the chief accountant at the Valmiera plant of fire prevention equipment.
In 1987 Kučinskis was invited to become the chief economist of the district housing and communal department of The Valmiera Board of People's Deputies. In 1991 he founded the private company «Apgāds Ltd», which specialized in the trade of construction materials. He worked there as Deputy director until 1994 and as Director from 1997-1998.
While on a break from political activity from November, 2011, Kučinskis was an adviser to the Deputy Executive Director of The Association of greater Latvian cities (Latvijas Lielo Pilsētu asociācijā, LLPA). This organization joins 9 Latvian cities of republican subordination. From September, 2013 until February 2016, M. Kučinskis was a leader of it.
Kučinskis was first elected a Deputy of the Valmiera city council in 1994 and became its Chairman in 1996. In 1998 he was elected secondly, became the chairman and worked for this position until 2003. From 1998—2000 he was the Chairman of the Valmiera district council at the same time. He joined the People's Party in 1997.
Kučinskis become a Deputy of the Saeima for the first time in 2002 as a member of the People's Party, when its political boss Andris Šķēle announced his retirement from politics, but remained, as he stated, an "ordinary member" of the Party and was thought to have a considerable behind-the-scenes influence. At cabinet, led by Aigars Kalvītis, Kučinskis was Minister of Environment and Regional development from 2004-2006.
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