Egils Levits, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Egils Levits

Latvian judge, jurist and politician

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1955

Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician, jurist

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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Egils Levits (born 30 June 1955) is a Latvian lawyer, political scientist and judge who is the President of Latvia since July 8, 2019.
He was a Member of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019.During the late Soviet-era he was a member of the Popular Front of Latvia and contributed to the declaration of renewed Latvian independence in 1990.
He was Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Justice of Latvia from 1993 to 1994 and ambassador to Hungary, Austria and Switzerland from 1994 to 1995.
He was then appointed a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, a position he held until 2004.
He finished second in the indirect election for President of Latvia in 2015 behind Raimonds Vejonis.
Although an Independent, he was the candidate of the National Alliance.
In 2018 Levits was reappointed a Judge of the European Court of Justice, having first been appointed in 2004.
He is married and has two children, a son, Linards, and daughter, Indra.
He published a book of memoirs in 2019.

State Chancellery of Latvia
Native name	Latvijas Republikas Valsts kanceleja
Location	Riga
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