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What is Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga's birthday?
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga was born on December 1, 1937.
When was Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga born?
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga was born on December 1, 1937.
How old is Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga?
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga is 73 years old (birthdate: December 1, 1937).
Why was Vaira Vike-Freiberga important?
Latvian traitor
Who was the president of Latvia when they joined the EU?
Vaira Vike-Freiberga
Is there a king or queen of Latvia?
There has never been a monarchy in Latvia, so Latvia has never had a queen or king.
List of the international countries that currently and former women head of state and heads government?
President Pratibha Patil, India Executive President Cristina E. Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina President Borjana Kristo, The Federation of Bosnia (Bosnia-Hercegovina) Finland, President Tarja Halonen Switzerland, President Micheline Calmy-Rey Michelle Bachelet of Chile Helen Clark of New Zealand Luisa Diogo of Mozambique Tarja Halonen of Finland Myeong Sook Han of South Korea Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines Mary McAleese of Ireland Angela Merkel of Germany Portia Simpson-Miller of Jamaica Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga of Latvia Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko, Ukraine President Pratibha Patil, India Executive President Cristina E. Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina President Borjana Kristo, The Federation of Bosnia (Bosnia-Hercegovina) Finland, President Tarja Halonen Switzerland, President Micheline Calmy-Rey Michelle Bachelet of Chile Helen Clark of New Zealand Luisa Diogo of Mozambique Tarja Halonen of Finland Myeong Sook Han of South Korea Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines Mary McAleese of Ireland Angela Merkel of Germany Portia Simpson-Miller of Jamaica Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga of Latvia Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko, Ukraine
Who is the secretary general of the UN?
Ban Ki-Moon is the present Secretary General of the United Nations, until 2012, unless he gains another term.
How many countries have a woman president and which are they?
Liberia: President: Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF Philipines: President: Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO India: President: Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil Argentina: President: Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner Sirimavo Bandaranaike, prime minister of Sri Lanka - 1960, 1970, 1994 Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India - 1966, 1980 Golda Meir, prime minister of Israel - 1969 Isabel Peron, president of Argentina - 1974 Elisabeth Domitien, prime minister of Central African Republic - 1975 Margaret Thatcher, prime minister of Great Britain - 1979 Maria da Lourdes Pintasilgo, prime minister of Portugal - 1979 Lidia Gueiler Tejada, prime minister of Bolivia - 1979 Dame Eugenia Charles, prime minister of Dominica - 1980 Vigdis Finnbogadottir, president of Iceland - 1980 Gro Harlem Brundtland, prime minister of Norway - 1981, 1986, 1990 Milka Planinc, federal prime minister of Yugoslavia - 1982 Agatha Barbara, president of Malta - 1982 Maria Liberia-Peters, prime minister of Netherlands Antilles - 1984, 1988 Carmen Pereira, acting president of Guinea Bissau - 1984 Corazon Aquino, president of Philippines - 1986 Benazir Bhutto, prime minister of Pakistan - 1988, 1993 Kazimiera Danuta Prunskiene, prime minister of Lithuania - 1990 Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, prime minister of Nicaragua - 1990 Mary Robinson, president of Ireland - 1990 Ertha Pascal Trouillot, interim president of Haiti - 1990 Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, president of German Democratic Republic - 1990 Khaleda Zia, prime minister of Bangladesh - 1991 Edith Cresson, prime minister of France - 1991 Hanna Suchocka, prime minister of Poland - 1992 Kim Campbell, prime minister of Canada - 1993 Sylvie Kinigi, prime minister of Burundi - 1993 Agathe Uwilingiyimana, prime minister of Rwanda - 1993 Susanne Camelia-Romer, prime minister of Netherlands Antilles - 1993, 1998 Tansu Ciller, prime minister of Turkey - 1993 Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, president of Sri Lanka - 1994 Reneta Indzhova, interim prime minister of Bulgaria - 1994 Claudette Werleigh, prime minister of Haiti - 1995 Sheikh Hasina Wajed, prime minister of Bangladesh - 1996 Mary McAleese, president of Ireland - 1997 Pamela Gordon, premier of Bermuda - 1997 Janet Jagan, prime minister of Guyana - 1997 Jenny Shipley, prime minister of New Zealand - 1997 Ruth Dreifuss, president of Switzerland - 1999 Jennifer M. Smith, prime minister of Bermuda - 1998 Nyam-Osoriyn Tuyaa, acting prime minister of Mongolia - 1999 Helen Clark, prime minister of New Zealand - 1999 Mireya Moscoso, president of Panama - 1999 Vaira Vike-Freiberga, president of Latvia - 1999 Tarja Halonen, president of Finland - 2000 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, president of the Philippines - 2001 Mame Madior Boye, prime minister of Senegal - 2001 Megawati Sukarnoputri, president of Indonesia - 2001 Maria das Neves, Prime Minster of Sao Tome and Principe - 2002 Beatriz Merino, prime minister of Peru - 2003 Luisa Diogo, prime minister of Mozambique - 2004 Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany - 2005 Yulia Tymoshenko, prime minister of Ukraine - 2005 Michelle Bachelet, president of Chile - 2006 Micheline Calmy-Rey, president of Switzerland - 2006 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, president of Liberia - 2006 Han Myung-sook, prime minister of South Korea - 2006 Portia Simpson Miller, prime minister of Jamaica - 2006 Pratibha Devisingh Patil, president of India - 2007 Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, president of Argentina - will take office December 2007 == ==
Which famous people are in Latvia?
AAugusts Vilis Abakuks (1914-1994) - a leader of the British Latvian community in exileValerians Abakovskis (1895-1921) - inventor of a propeller-powered railcar, the aerowagon.Rutanya Alda(1942) - actress (Mommy Dearest, Deer Hunter)Viktors Alksnis (1950) - Soviet military officer and Russian communist politician known as "the Black Colonel"Iveta Apkalna (1976) - organistFricis Apšenieks (1894-1941) - chess playerVija Artmane (1929-2008) - actressGunārs Astra (1931-1988) - dissident, fighter for human rightsAuseklis see Miķelis KrogzemsHelmuts Balderis (1952) - ice hockey player, forwardJānis Balodis (1881-1965) - army officer and politicianJānis Balodis (1950) - Latvian/Australian playwrightKrišjānis Barons (1835-1923) - "the father of Latvian folk songs", who compiled and edited the first publication of Latvian folk-song texts "Latvju Dainas" (1894-1915)Mihails Barišņikovs] (1948) - ballet-dancerKārlis Baumanis (1835-1905) - composer, author of the national anthem of the Republic of Latvia "Dievs, svētī Latviju!" (God bless Latvia!)Vizma Belševica (1931-2005) - author, candidate for Nobel Prize in LiteratureEduards Berklavs (1914-2004) - politician, leader of Latvian national-communistsKrišjānis Berķis (1884-1942) - generalIsaiah Berlin (1909-1997) - philosopherEduard Berzin (1894-1938) - soldier in the Red Army, later Head of Dalstroy, the Kolyma forced-labour camps in North-Eastern SiberiaIsaac Janis Porter Berzins (1990 - ) winner of 2009s music PEI award of Indie Pop Recording of the Year, for New Royalty's "Sleepover EP"Karlis Betinš (1867-1943) - chess playerAndris Biedriņš (1986) - basketball player, Golden State WarriorsGunnar Birkerts (1925) - architectErnests Blanks (1894-1972) - Latvian publicist, writer, historian, the first to publicly advocate for Latvia's independenceRūdolfs Blaumanis (1863-1908) - writer and playwrightHimans Blūms (1913) - painterInguna Butane, Latvian fashion model.CValters Caps (1905-2003) - designed first Minox 8 x 11 photocamerasGustavs Celmiņš (1899-1968) - fascist politician, leader of Pērkonkrusts movementVija Celmins (1938) - American painter born in LatviaČAleksandrs Čaks (1901-1950) - poetJānis Čakste (1859-1927) - first Latvian presidentMāris Čaklais (1940-2003) - poetDRoberts Dambītis (1881-1957) - general and politicianJānis Dāliņš (1904-1978) - athlete, race walkerEmīls Dārziņš (1875-1910) - composerJacob Davis (1834-1908) - inventor of denimJohans Aleksandrs Heinrihs Klapje de Kolongs (1839-1901) - naval engineerEliass Eliezers Desslers (1892-1953) - Orthodox rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and Jewish philosopherLeor Dimant (1972) - Turntabilist and member of the rock group Limp BizkitAnatols Dinbergs (1911-1993) - diplomatAleksis Dreimanis (1914) - geologistInga Drozdova (1975) - model and actressEMihails Eizenšteins (1867-1921) - architectSergejs Eizenšteins (1898-1948) - film directorModris Eksteins (1943) - Canadian historian and world-famous writerAndrievs Ezergailis (1930) - historian of the HolocaustFMovša Feigins (1908-1950) - chess playerGregors Fitelbergs (1879-1953) - conductor, composer and violinistVesels fon Freitāgs-Loringhofens (1899-1944) - colonel and member of the German resistance against German dictator Adolf HitlerSandra Freiberga (1961) - journalist and TV personalityLaila Freivalds (1942) - former Swedish Minister of Foreign AffairsGInese Galante (1954) - opera singer (soprano)Gints Gabrāns (1970) - artistElīna Garanča (1976) - opera singer (mezzo-soprano)Kārlis Goppers (1876-1941) - general, founder of Latvian Boy ScoutsAndrejs Grants (1955) - photographerErnests Gulbis (1988) - Latvian professional tennis playerNatālija Gulbis (1983) - Latvian-descent LPGA golferĢUldis Ģērmanis (1915-1997) - historian, under the alias of Ulafs Jāņsons a social commentatorAivars Ģipslis (1937-2000) - chess playerHMoriss Halle (1923) - linguistFilips Halsmans (1906-1979) - Latvian/American photographerJuris Hartmanis (1928) - computer scientist, Turing Award winnerUvis Helmanis - basketball playerIArtūrs Irbe (1967) - ice hockey player (NHL), goalkeeperKārlis Irbītis (1904 - 1997) - aviation inventor, engineer, designerJGatis Jahovičs - basketball playerAndrejs Jansons (1938) - musician, composer, conductorMariss Jansons (1943) - conductorInese Jaunzeme (1932) - athleteKSandra Kalniete (1952) - politician, diplomat, former Latvia's EU commissionerBruno Kalniņš (1899-1990) - Saeima member, Red Army GeneralImants Kalniņš (1941) - composer, politicianOskars Kalpaks (1882-1919) - colonel, first Commander of Latvian National Armed ForcesKaspars Kambala (1978) - basketball playerRenārs Kaupers (1974) - musicianJēkabs Ketlers (1610-1682) - Duke of the Duchy of Courland and SemigalliaGustavs Klucis (1895-1938) - painter and graphic designerAleksandrs Koblencs (1916-1993) - chess playerĀbrams Izāks Kūks (1864-1935) - chief rabbi, Jewish thinker, statesman, diplomat, mediator and a renowned scholarAleksandrs Kovaļevskis (1840-1901) - zoologistGidon Kremer (1947) - violinist and conductorMiķelis Krogzems (1850-1879) - poet, author and translator of German poetsJuris Kronbergs (1946) - poet, writer, free-lance journalist, translatorAtis Kronvalds (1837-1875) - teacher and journalist, reformed the Latvian language, organized the first Latvian Song and Dance FestivalDainis Kūla (1959) - athlete (Olympic gold medal in javelin)Alberts Kviesis (1881-1944) - presidentEriks Kigelis (1955-1985) - composerLAleksandrs Laime (1911-1994) - explorerVilis Lācis (1904-1966) - author and politicianEd Leedskalnin (1887-1951) - builder of Coral Castle in Florida, claimed to have discovered the ancient magnetic levitation secrets used to construct the Egyptian pyramids.Jēkabs Mihaels Reinholds Lencs (1751-1792) - authorMarija Leiko (1887-1937) - actressAlexander Liepa (1919-2000) - inventor, artistMaris Liepa (1936-1989) - ballet-dancerNikolajs Loskis (1870-1965) - philosopherJānis Lūsis (1939) - athleteĻJevgēnija Ļisicina (1942) - organistMMaris Martinsons (1960) - professor of strategic management, international business consultantHermanis Matisons (1894-1932) - chess playerZenta Mauriņa (1897-1978) - writer, literary scholar, culture philosopherJuris Māters (1845-1884) - author, lawyer and journalist, translated laws to Latvian and created the foundation for Latvian lawZigfrīds Anna Meierovics (1887-1925) - first Latvian Minister of Foreign AffairsLeo Mihelsons (1887-1978) - artistArnolds Mikelsons (1922-1984) - artistEvgenijs Millers (1867-1938) - czarist Russian generalKārlis Mīlenbahs (1853-1916) - linguistArkadij Naiditsch (1985) - chess player, now resident in GermanyMarija Naumova (1973) - variety singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 under her stage name Marie NAndris Nelsons (1978) - conductor of CBSOAndrievs Niedra (1871-1941) - pastor, writer, prime minister of German puppet government (1919)Aron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935) - influential chess playerFred Norris (1955) - Radio personality, The Howard Stern Show.OStanislavs Olijars (1979) - athlete (European champion in 110m Hurdles)Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) - received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocitiesElvīra Ozoliņa (1939) - athlete (Olympic gold medal in javelin)Sandis Ozoliņš (1972) - ice hockey player (NHL), defenseValdemārs Ozoliņš (1896-1973) - composer, conductorPArtis Pabriks (1966) - Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007-2007)Karlis Padegs (1911-1940) - Graphic artist, painterMarian Pahars (1976) - soccer player for Southampton FC, and part of Latvia's national teamRaimonds Pauls (1936) - popular composer, widely known in RussiaJānis Pauļuks (painter) - painterLucia Peka (1912-1991) - Artist of the Latvian DiasporaJekabs Peters (1886-1938) - revolutionary and Soviet Cheka leaderBrita Petersone - American modelKaspars Petrovs (1978) - serial killerVladimirs Petrovs (1907-1943) - chess playerAndris Piebalgs (1957) - politician, diplomat, European Commissioner for EnergyJānis Pliekšāns, 1865-1929) - distinguished Latvian writer, author of a number of poetry collectionsJuris Podnieks (1950-1992) - film director, producerNicolai Poliakovs (1900-1974) - Coco the ClownSandis Prūsis (1965) - athlete, bobsleighAndrejs Pumpurs (1841-1901) - poet, author of Latvian national epic LāčplēsisJānis Pujāts (1930) - Roman Catholic cardinalREinars Repše (1961) - politicianLolita Ritmanis (1962, Portland) - orchestrator, composerFricis Rokpelnis (1909-1969) - authorMark Rothko (1903-1970) - abstract expressionist painterElza Rozenberga (1865-1943) - poet, playwright, married to Jānis PliekšānsJuris Rubenis (1961) - famous Lutheran pastorMārtiņš Rubenis (1978) - sportsman, bronze medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics in TurinBrunis Rubess (1926) - businessmanInta Ruka (1958) - photographerTania Russof (1974) - pornographic actressUļjana Semjonova (1952) - tallest female basketball player in the Olympic history, 3-time World ChampionKārlis Skalbe (1879-1945) - poetBaiba Skride (1981) - violinistEduards Smiļģis (1886 -1966) - theatre director, founder of Dailes TheatreKonstantin Sokolsky (1904-1991) - romance and tango singerRaimonds Staprans (1926) - Latvian/American painterJohann Steinhauer (1705-1779) - Latvian Industrialist, Entrepreneur, and Civil Rights Activist.Lina Stern (1878-1968) - biologist and social activistHenrijs Stolovs (1901-1971) - stamp dealerJānis Streičs (1936) - film director, screenwriter, actorMaris Strombergs - BMX cyclist, gold medal winner at 2008 OlympicsPēteris Stučka (1865-1932) - author, translator, editor, jurist and educatorEvgeny Sveshnikov (1950) - prominent chess playerStanislavs Svianievičs (1899-1997) - economist and historianŠViktors Ščerbatihs (1974) - athlete, weightlifterPauls Šīmanis (1876-1944) - Baltic German journalist, politician, activist defending and preserving European minority culturesAleksejs Širovs (1972) - one of the top chess grandmasters in the world today.Haralds Silovs, short track and long track speed skater, and first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track and long track speed skatingAndris Šķēle (1958) - politician, Prime Minister of LatviaArmands Šķēle - basketball playerErnests Štālbergs (1883-1958) - architect, ensemble of the Freedom MonumentIsāks Nahmans Šteinbergs (1888-1957) - politician, lawyer and authorVestards Šimkus (1984) - pianistTMihails Tāls (1936-1992) - the 8th World Chess ChampionKārlis Augusts Tenisons (1873 - 1962) - known also as Vahindra; 1st Buddhist priest in Latvia and EstoniaJānis Roberts Tilbergs (1880-1972) - painter, sculptorAloizs Tumiņš (1938-2008) - boxer, European champion 1961UGuntis Ulmanis (1939) - presidentKārlis Ulmanis (1877-1942) - prime ministerJūris Upatnieks (1936-) -physicist, co-inventor of three-dimensional holographyVRomāns Vainšteins (1973) - former pro cyclist, World Road Champion in 2000Krišjānis Valdemārs (1825-1891) - public figure, writer, publicist and economistPauls Valdens (1863-1957) - chemistMiķelis Valters (1874-1968) - state official, journalist, diplomatValdis Valters - one of the best European basketball players ever, playmakerAleksandrs Vanags (1918-1986) - footballerJānis Vanags (1958-) - Lutheran archbishopJūlijs Vanags (1903-1984) - author and translatorAlex Vanags-Baginskis (1927) - aviation author/editorPēteris Vasks (1946) - contemporary composerJukums Vācietis (1873-1938) - first commander of the Soviet ArmyOjārs Vācietis (1933-1983) - poetEduards Veidenbaums (1867-1892) - poet and translatorMakss Veinreihs (1893-1969) - linguistEd Viesturs (1959) - one of the world's premier high-altitude mountaineers. He is one of only 18 people to have climbed all eight-thousander peaks.Igors Vihrovs (1978) - gymnast, gold medalist at Sydney Olympics in 2000.Edvarts Virza (1883-1940)- famous Latvian writerAlvis Vitolinš (1946-1997) - chess masterVaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1937) - former presidentJāzeps Vītols (1863-1948) - composerEduards Veidenbaums (1867-1892) - Latvian poet.Māris Verpakovskis (1979) - footballer, FC Dynamo KyivAleksandrs Voitkevičs (1963-2006) - chess playerZKārlis Zāle (1888-1942) - sculptor, author of the Freedom Monument in RigaFriedrich Zander (1887-1933) - pioneer of rocketry and spaceflightJuris Zarins (1945-) - archaeologist and professor at Missouri State UniversityKārlis Zariņš (Charles Zarine) (1879-1963) - diplomatRihards Zariņš (1869-1939) - graphic artistValdis Zatlers (1955) - presidentElmars Zemgalis (1923) - chess playerGustavs Zemgals (1871-1939) - presidentImants Zemzaris (1951) - contemporary composerValdis Zeps (1932-1996) - author and linguist, pseudonym Jānis TurbadsImants Ziedonis (1933 -) - Latvian poet and folkloristŽSergejs Žoltoks (1972-2004) - ice hockey player (NHL), forward
