- BORN
- on March 16 in 1972
- EDUCATION
- 1999 – 2003 – University of Latvia, Faculty of Financial Management
- 1978 – 1990 – Jaunpils Secondary School
- WORK EXPERIENCE
- As from May 28, 2026 – Minister for Agriculture
- 2022 – 2026 – Member of the 14th Saeima (Parliament of Latvia)
- 2018 – 2022 – Member of the 13th Saeima (Parliament of Latvia)
- 2014 – 2018 – Member of the 12th Saeima (Parliament of Latvia)
- 2011 – 2014 – Member of the 11th Saeima (Parliament of Latvia)
- 2010 – 2011 – Member of the 10th Saeima (Parliament of Latvia)
- 2006 – 2007 – Member of the 9th Saeima (Parliament of Latvia)
- 2023 – 2025 – Minister for Welfare
- 2016 – 2019 – Minister for Transport
- 2014 – 2016 – Minister for Welfare
- 2011 – 2014 – Chairman of the Central Land Commission
- 2010 – 2011 – Minister for Transport
- 2009 – 2010 – Minister for Welfare
- 2008 – 2009 – Ministry of Welfare, Parliamentary Secretary
- 2006 – 2007 – Ministry of Agriculture, Parliamentary Secretary
- 2005 – 2006 – Chairman of the Advisory Board of the State Agency "K.Ulmanis Memorial Museum "Pikšas""
- 2003 – 2005 – Latvian representative in the Committee of the Regions of the European Union
- 2000 – 2006 – Chairman of Bērze Parish Council
- 2003 – 2006 – Chairman of the Council of Ltd. "Dobeles autobusu parks"
- 2001 – 2006 – Member of the Board of the Parish Association
- 2001 – 2006 – Member of the Council of the Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments
- 2000 – 2006 – Chairman of the Board of the Dobele Branch of the Centrist Party (CP) and the Latvian Farmers' Union (LZS)
- 1996 – currently – Owner of the farm "Auguļi"
- 1990 – 1996 – Co-owner of the farm “Īves”
- POLITICAL ACTIVITY
- Member of the Board, Greens and Farmers' Union
- Member of the Board, Latvian Farmers' Union
- LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Latvian – native
- English – conversational
- Russian – fluent
