| Date of birth: |
30th April 1955 |
| Place of birth: |
England |
| Family status: |
Married to Ingrida Vija Liege (née Balodis)
Two daughters |
| Education: |
Secondary education at Grammar School in England;
Graduated from University of Newcastle Upon Tyne with degree in law (LLB) in
1976. |
| Employment: |
|
| 1979 - 1991 |
Trained and worked as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England
and Wales |
| 1989 -1991 |
European representative (part-time) of the Baltic World Council |
| January - August 1992 |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Latvia (MFA), Riga,
Desk officer for European Community and Council of Europe |
| September 1992 - September 1993 |
Embassy of Latvia, London, as Counsellor from February 1993 |
| September - December 1993 |
MFA, Riga, Under Secretary of State for International
Organisation and Foreign Trade |
| January 1994 - January 1997 |
Embassy of Latvia, Stockholm, Deputy Head of Mission and
Counsellor and Chargé d'Affaires a.i. from January - August 1996 |
| January - April 1997 |
Consultations at MFA, Riga |
| April 1997 |
Ambassador to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and envoy
to NATO and WEU |
| December 1999 |
Duties as Ambassador to Benelux countries terminated.
Continuation as Head of Mission to NATO and WEU |
