Egils Levits

Egils Levits

Egils Levits in 2012
Judge of the European Court of Justice
Assumed office
2004
Minister for Justice of Latvia
In office
8 March 1993  19 September 1994
President Guntis Ulmanis
Prime Minister Valdis Birkavs
Preceded by Viktors Skudra
Succeeded by Romāns Apsītis
Personal details
Born (1955-06-30) June 30, 1955
Riga, Soviet Union (now Latvia)
Nationality Latvian
Political party Independent
Latvian Way (1993–1994)
Alma mater University of Hamburg

Egils Levits (born 30 June 1955) is a Latvian lawyer, political scientist and judge. He has been a Member of the European Court of Justice since 2004.[1] 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 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 Vējonis. Although an Independent, he was the candidate of the National Alliance.

References

  1. "Izraudzīti Latvijas tiesneši Eiropas Kopienu tiesā" (in Latvian). Oficiālais izdevējs LATVIJAS VĒSTNESIS. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Egils Levits.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, February 20, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.