Imants Viesturs Lieģis
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Imants Viesturs Lieģis (born April 30, 1955) was the Latvian Minister of Defence.[1] He was born in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the parliamentary Civic Union party, which was formed in May 2008. Lieģis was appointed to the defence ministry post in March 2009, as part of the new six-party coalition government headed by Valdis Dombrovskis.[2]
Lieģis served previously as Latvia's ambassador to NATO,[3] a post to which he was appointed in 1997 while also serving as ambassador to the Benelux countries.[4]
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- ^ "Dombrovska valdība gatava" (in Latvian). Diena. http://www.diena.lv/lat/politics/hot/dombrovska-valdiba-gatava. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
- ^ "Timeline: Latvia". BBC News. 23 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1108059.stm. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
- ^ "NATO crisis prompts candidates' jitters". BBC News. 13 February 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2756705.stm. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
- ^ "Latvia to replace ambassadors to several countries". BNS News Agency. 14 June 2000. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F97DBA0E7EDBC73&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
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