(1955-06-30) 30 June 1955 (age 68) Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia)
Political party
Latvian Way (1993–1994)
Spouse
Andra Levite
(m. 1991)
Children
2
Parent(s)
Ingeborga Levita [lv] Jonass Levits
Residence
Riga Castle
Alma mater
University of Hamburg
Occupation
Politician
Lawyer
Jurist
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Egils Levits (born 30 June 1955) is a Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist and jurist who served as the tenth president of Latvia from 2019 to 2023.[2][3] He was a member of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019.[4]
During the late Soviet-era, he was a member of the Popular Front of Latvia and contributed to the declaration of restored 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 the president of Latvia in 2015, behind Raimonds Vējonis. Although an Independent, he was the candidate of the National Alliance.[5] In 2018, Levits was reappointed a judge of the European Court of Justice, having first been appointed in 2004.[6] He is married and has two children: a son, Linards, and daughter, Indra.[7] He published a book of memoirs in 2019.[8]
He announced in early May 2023 that he would not run for reelection to the presidency and, on 31 May, Edgars Rinkēvičs was elected as his successor.[9]
^"Egils Levits – 5. Saeimas deputāts" (in Latvian). Saeima. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
^"Edgars Rinkēvičs elected next President of Latvia". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^"Balsojums". titania.saeima.lv. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^"Izraudzīti Latvijas tiesneši Eiropas Kopienu tiesā" (in Latvian). Latvijas Vēstnesis. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
^"Saeima elects Raimonds Vējonis as President of Latvia". Saeima. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^"Raimonds Vējonis appointed as a judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union". Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia. 1 March 2018. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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^"Latvian Parliament elects first openly gay president of a Baltic nation". NBC News. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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