Rihards Kozlovskis | |
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Minister of the Interior | |
Assumed office 25 October 2011 |
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Prime Minister |
Valdis Dombrovskis Laimdota Straujuma |
Preceded by | Linda Mūrniece |
Personal details | |
Born |
Riga, Soviet Union (now Latvia) |
26 May 1969
Political party |
Reform Party (2011–2014) Unity (2014–present) |
Alma mater |
Latvian Academy of Sport Education University of Latvia |
Rihards Kozlovskis (born 26 May 1969) is a Latvian politician and lawyer, currently Minister of the Interior of Latvia. He is a member of Unity. Between 2011 and 2014 he was a member of the Reform Party
Kozlovskis was appointed Interior Minister on 25 October 2011.
On 7 December 2015, prime minister Laimdota Straujuma resigned. In her resignment press release, she recommended Kozlovskis as her successor.
He has received the Order of Viesturs for his work during the 2006 Riga Summit.