ValdisDombrovskis

General Data

 * Born on 05 August 1971, Rīga
 * Country: Latvia
 * Political Group: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (PPE-DE) Party: Jaunais laiks

Functions in European Parliament

 * 20/07/2004 - 11/03/2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 11/03/2009 : Committee on Budgets (Member)
 * 22/07/2004 - 11/03/2009 : Committee on Budgetary Control (Substitute)
 * 22/07/2004 - 11/03/2009 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 11/03/2009 : Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
 * 15/09/2004 - 11/03/2009 : Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (Substitute)
 * 23/05/2007 - 22/10/2008 : Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)
 * 23/10/2008 - 11/03/2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Member)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Graduated in physics (Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, University of Latvia, 1993)
 * Bachelor's degree in economics for engineers (Riga University of Technology, 1995)
 * Master's degree in physics (University of Latvia, 1996)
 * Member of the board, 'Jaunais Laiks' party (2002-2004)
 * Laboratory assistant, Institute of Solid-State Physics, University of Latvia (1991-1993)
 * Laboratory assistant, Department of Semiconductor Physics, University of Latvia (1993-1995)
 * Laboratory assistant, Institute of Physics, Mainz University, Germany (1995-1996)
 * Assistant, Institute of Solid-State Physics, University of Latvia (1997)
 * Research assistant, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Maryland University, USA (1998)
 * Monetary Policy Department, Bank of Latvia: macroeconomic analyst (1998-1999), senior economist (1999-2001), chief economist (2001-2002)
 * Member of the Latvian Parliament during its 8th parliamentary term (2002-2004)
 * Minister of Finance of Latvia (2002-2004)
 * Observer, Council of the European Union (2003-2004)

Votes

 * 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 100.0/100
 * 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 68.4/100

Positions
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