Vilis Krištopans

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Vilis Krištopāns
15th Prime Minister of Latvia
In office
26 November 1998 – 16 July 1999
PresidentGuntis Ulmanis
Preceded byGuntars Krasts
Succeeded byAndris Šķēle
Personal details
Born(1954-06-13)June 13, 1954
Omsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityLatvian
Political partyCommunist party of Latvia
Latvian Way
Other political
affiliations		Union of Greens and Farmers
Alma materRiga Technical University

Vilis Krištopans (born 13 June 1954 in Omsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Latvian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Latvia from 26 November 1998 to 15 July 1999.[1]

As a prime minister he was a member of the Latvian Way political party. He then left politics and, in 2002, returned as a member of parliament from the Union of Greens and Farmers.[2] Prior to being prime minister, he was the minister of transport.

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  1. ^ How democratic is Latvia: audit of democracy. Latvia: Stratēg̓iskās analīzes komisija, Latvijas universitāte. Sociālo un politisko pētījumu institūts. 2005. p. 87.
  2. ^ Sikk, Allan (January 22–23, 2004), Successful new parties in the Baltic states: similar or different? (PDF), Paper prepared for the conference ‘The Baltic States: New Europe or Old?’, University of Glasgow, p. 7, Likewise, the New Era received backing from Latvian ex-president Guntis Ulmanis (himself being a member in the Farmers’ Party) and former prime minister Vilis Krištopans of Latvia’s Way party, who had become disappointed of his own party (who however joined the Green and Farmer’s coalition later).
Political offices
Preceded by
Guntars Krasts 		Prime Minister of Latvia
November 26, 1998 – July 16, 1999 		Succeeded by
Andris Šķēle


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