Valdis Dombrovskis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Valdis Dombrovskis
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Aug 5, 1971(1971-08-05)
Age	53
Birthplace	Riga
Country	Latvia
Birth City	Riga
Horoscope	Capricorn

Valdis Dombrovskis Biography

Valdis Dombrovskis is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 5, 1971 in Riga, Riga, Latvia. Valdis Dombrovskis (born 5 August 1971) is a Latvian politician serving as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People since 2019. He also serves as a European Commissioner in the von der Leyen Commission as European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union since 2016. He also held the role of Vice- President for the Euro and Social Dialogue from 2014 to 2019.

On 26 February 2009, following the resignation of Ivars Godmanis, President Valdis Zatlers nominated Dombrovskis to succeed Godmanis as Prime Minister. It was believed that his government would consist of three of the four previously governing parties (all but Godmanis’ LPP/LC), his own New Era Party, and a smaller right-wing party (the Civic Union); the government was approved on 12 March 2009.

Dombrovskis has been serving as European Commission Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue since November 2014. From July 2016, he was also in charge of the financial services portfolio formerly overseen by British Commissioner Jonathan Hill, who resigned after the Brexit vote. In addition, he has been serving as co-chair (since 2016 alongside Petteri Orpo) of the EPP Economic and Financial Affairs Ministers Meeting]], which gathers the center- right EPP ministers ahead of meetings of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN).

In February 2014, Dombrovskis officially lodged his application to be the candidate of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) for the presidency of the European Commission; shortly after he withdrew his candidacy to endorse Jean-Claude Juncker instead. The Latvian government later nominated Dombrovskis to be the country’s European Commissioner.

Dombrovskis was also one of six Members of the European Parliament participating in the European Union’s observer mission in Togo for the October 2007 Togolese parliamentary election.

Valdis Dombrovskis Net Worth

Valdis Dombrovskis is one of the richest Politician from Latvia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Valdis Dombrovskis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in Riga to a family with Polish roots (the original Polish surname is Dąbrowski), Dombrovskis earned a bachelor’s degree in economics for engineers from Riga Technical University in 1995 and a master’s degree in physics from the University of Latvia in 1996. He worked as a laboratory assistant at the Institute of Physics of the University of Mainz in Mainz, Germany, from 1995 to 1996, as an assistant at the University of Latvia’s Institute of Solid- State Physics in 1997, and as a PhD student at the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park for electrical engineering in 1998.

In 2002 Dombrovskis became a board member of the New Era Party. He was Minister of Finance of Latvia from 2002 to 2004 and a Member of the Latvian Parliament during its 8th parliamentary term (2002–2004). Then he was Observer at the Council of the European Union (2003–2004).

Dombrovskis resigned as Prime Minister on 27 November 2013 following the Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse in which 54 people were killed. He announced that a new government is needed with strong support in the parliament after the tragedy, considering all related circumstances. His spokesman said that “the government takes political responsibility for the tragedy”. He denied the president had urged him to step down, stating that he had considered the decision for days and that the country needs government with strong support in parliament in the moment of crisis.

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