Tālis Linkaits
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Tālis Linkaits | |
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| Minister for Transport | |
| In office 23 January 2019 – 14 December 2022 | |
| President | Raimonds Vējonis Egils Levits |
| Prime Minister | Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš |
| Preceded by | Uldis Augulis |
| Succeeded by | Jānis Vitenbergs |
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| Born | 18 August 1970 |
| Political party | The Conservatives |
| Education | University of Latvia |
Tālis Linkaits (born 18 August 1970) is a Latvian economist and politician.
He holds a degree in economics from the University of Latvia, and has outstanding experience in public administration and public policy development. He has extensive advisory experience in transition countries, in particular Latvia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Moldova.[1]
He was the Head of the VASAB (Vision and Strategies Around the Baltic Sea) Secretariat at the State Regional Development Agency from 2006-2018.
He participated in creation of Latvian airline airBaltic, served as member of the Board of Directors in 1995-1999 and member of the Supervisory Board of the airline in 1999-2004.[2] He was a freelance Adviser to the Minister for Transport in 2009-2010; and as an Independent Member of the Supervisory Board of SJSC Riga International Airport in 2016-2018.[3]
During the Latvian parliamentary elections 2018 he was elected a member of 13th Saeima.
He served as Minister for Transport in the cabinet of Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš,[4] in 2019-2022.
He was member of The Conservatives party from July 2018 till July 2024.[5][6][7]
References
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- ^ "'Latavio' pēctecis – pirms 20 gadiem gaisā pacēlās 'airBaltic' pirmā lidmašīna". www.delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ Caballero.lv. "Tālis Linkaits". TECHRITORY. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Cabinet composition | Ministru kabinets". www.mk.gov.lv. Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "Tālis Linkaits pievienojies JKP un startēs Saeimas vēlēšanās". www.delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Talis LINKAITS | Satiksmes ministrija". www.sam.gov.lv. Archived from the original on 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "Linkaits leaves New Conservative Party". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
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