Ivars Godmanis | |
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![]() Godmanis in 2008 | |
10th Prime Minister of Latvia | |
In office 20 December 2007 – 12 March 2009 | |
President | Valdis Zatlers |
Preceded by | Aigars Kalvītis |
Succeeded by | Valdis Dombrovskis |
In office 7 May 1990* – 3 August 1993 | |
President | Anatolijs Gorbunovs (Acting) Guntis Ulmanis |
Preceded by | Vilnis Edvīns Bresis |
Succeeded by | Valdis Birkavs |
Personal details | |
Born | Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic | 27 November 1951
Political party | Popular Front of Latvia (1988–1993) Latvian Way (1997–2007) Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way (2007–2011) |
Alma mater | University of Latvia |
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Ivars Godmanis (born 27 November 1951) is a Latvian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Latvia from 1990 to 1993 and again from 2007 to 2009. He was the first Prime Minister of Latvia after the country restored its independence from the Soviet Union.