Minister
Kaspars Gerhards 
Minister of Agriculture
EDUCATION:
1987 - 1993 University of Latvia, Faculty of Economics
Specialization in Economics, Professional Master's Degree
1976 - 1987 Riga 1st Secondary School
WORK AND POLITICAL EXPERIENCE:
As from 23.01.2019 Minister of Agriculture
05.11.2014.-23.01.2019. Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia
2013 – 2014 Member of the Board of “LDZ Cargo” Ltd.
2011 – 2013 Chairman of the Board of state joint-stock company “Electronic Communications Office of Latvia”
2009 – 2010 Minister of Transport of the Republic of Latvia
2007 – 2009 Minister of Economy of the Republic of Latvia
2006 – 2007 Member of the Board of the “Freeport of Ventspils”
1999 – 2007 State Secretary, Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Latvia
1996 – 1999 Advisor to the President of Latvia on Economic Issues, Norwegian - Latvian Business Development Fund Project Manager
1995 – 1996 Member of the Board of the share company “Naukšēni”, JSC “Lords”, JSC "Libanons"
1995 Association of Economists 2010, program editor
1993 – 1995 Ministry of Economics, Assistant to the Minister
1991 – 1993 JSC "Selga", economist, executive director
AWARDS:
2015 Cabinet of Ministers Letter of Recognition No.142 for Significant Contribution to Ensuring a Successful Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
2015 State Award - the Order of the Three Stars, Second Class for meritorious service on behalf of Latvia
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Latvian - native, German and English - good, Russian - fluent