Ivars Ijabs

Ivars Ijabs
Ijabs in 2024
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1972-11-17) 17 November 1972 (age 52)
Riga, Latvia
Political partyFor Latvia's Development (2019–)[1]
Other political
affiliations
Development/For! (2019–)
Renew Europe (2019–)
Spouse
Terēze Zīberte-Ijaba
(m. 2004)
EducationUniversity of Latvia

Ivars Ijabs (born 17 November 1972) is a Latvian political scientist and politician. He is a lecturer and professor at the University of Latvia and holds a PhD in political science. In May 2019, representing political alliance Development/For!, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament. He then joined Renew Europe Group.

  1. ^ "Pabriks and Ijabs join For Development of Latvia party". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.