Edgars Rinkēvičs

Edgars Rinkēvičs
Rinkēvičs in 2023
11th President of Latvia
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 2023
Prime Minister	Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš Evika Siliņa
Preceded by	Egils Levits
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 25 October 2011 – 8 July 2023
Prime Minister	Valdis Dombrovskis Laimdota Straujuma Māris Kučinskis Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš
Preceded by	Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis
Succeeded by	Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (acting)
President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
In office 17 May 2023 – 8 July 2023
Preceded by	Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
Personal details
Born	(1973-09-21) 21 September 1973 (age 51) Jūrmala, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia)
Political party	Latvian Way (1998–2004) Reform Party (2012–2014) Unity (2014–2023)
Alma mater	University of Latvia Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

Edgars Rinkēvičs (born 21 September 1973) is a Latvian public official and politician who is the President of Latvia since 8 July 2023. He has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia from 2011 to 2023. He is the first openly gay head of state in a European Union country.^[1]

References

1. "EU's First Openly Gay Head of State Elected by Latvian Assembly". Bloomberg.com. 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-05-31.