Egils Levits is a Latvian jurist, lawyer, political scientist and politician, born in 1955, who served as the tenth president of Latvia from 2019 to 2023. Before the presidency he spent two decades on European courts: he was Latvia's judge at the European Court of Human Rights from 1995 until 2004, then a member of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019. He took part in the Popular Front of Latvia in the late Soviet period and in the 1990 declaration of restored independence, served as vice-prime minister and minister of justice in 1993 and 1994, and was ambassador to Hungary, Austria and Switzerland. He is credited as a co-author of the preamble to the Constitution of Latvia and has led a constitutional law commission working under the president.
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Egils Levits (born 30 June 1955) is a Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist, and jurist
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Egils Levits (born 30 June 1955) is a Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist, and jurist
Lead, role judge
He was then appointed a judge of the European Court of Human Rights, a position he held until 2004.
Lead, role politician
who served as the tenth president of Latvia from 2019 to 2023
Political career, constitutional law
He is the co-author of the preamble to the Constitution of Latvia and has been the head for Commission for Constitutional Law, working under the president together with lawyer Lauris Liepa.
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who served as the tenth president of Latvia from 2019 to 2023
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Egils Levits (born 30 June 1955) is a Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist, and jurist
In Legal System: Law of Latvia, Lead, Latvian jurist
Egils Levits (born 30 June 1955) is a Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist, and jurist
In Legal System: European Union law, Lead, European Court of Justice
He was a member of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019.
Member Of: European Court of Human Rights, Lead, European Court of Human Rights
He was then appointed a judge of the European Court of Human Rights, a position he held until 2004.
Member Of: Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Lead, European Court of Justice
He was a member of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019.
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