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Gundars Bērziņš

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Gundars Bērziņš
Minister of Healthcare
In office
December 2, 2004 (2004-12-02) – January 7, 2007 (2007-01-07)
PresidentVaira Vīķe-Freiberga
Prime MinisterAigars Kalvītis
Minister of Finance
In office
May 5, 2000 (2000-05-05) – November 7, 2002 (2002-11-07)
PresidentVaira Vīķe-Freiberga
Prime MinisterAndris Bērziņš
Succeeded byValdis Dombrovskis
Personal details
Born(1959-09-26)September 26, 1959
Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
DiedJanuary 8, 2023(2023-01-08) (aged 63)
Political partyPeople's Party
Alma materRiga Technical University

Gundars Bērziņš (26 September 1959[1] – 8 January 2023) was a Latvian accountant and politician and a Deputy of the Saeima since 1993. He was a member of the People's Party. He served as the Minister of Finance of Latvia from 2000 to 2002 and Minister of Healthcare from 2004 to 2007.[2]

Born in 1959 in Antūži (now Variešu parish), Krustpils district, in the family of a farmer. In 1983 graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering of Riga Polytechnic Institute.

He was the owner of the farm "Delles" in Jēkabpils district, and in 2009 was reported to be managing 665 hectares of land (15 properties in total, mostly agricultural land), making him one of the 100 largest landowners in Latvia at that time.[3]

Bērziņš died on 8 January 2023, at the age of 63.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "www.cvk.lv". Archived from the original on 2023-01-08. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
  2. ^ "History". Finanšu Ministrija. Archived from the original on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  3. ^ "1. jūlijā darbu uzsāks Latvijas zemes fonds". Dienas Bizness (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  4. ^ Умер бывший министр здравоохранения Гундарс Берзиньш (in Russian)