Education
University of Latvia.
economist politician university professor
University of Latvia.
Role in national politics
In 2009 she was elected from the Civic Union list and sat with the European People"s Party group. In 2013, she drafted the parliament’s report on the impact of the financial and economic crisis on human rights, which calls for the European Union to help developing countries create social-protection schemes. However the first candidate elected on the list, Valdis Dombrovskis, became the European Commissioner for the Euro and Social Dialogue on 1 November 2014 and ceased to be a Member of the European Parliament.
In 2015, news media reported that Vaidere was included in a Russian blacklist of prominent people from the European Union who are not allowed to enter the country.
Vaidere was elected to the European Parliament in 2004 from the Foreign Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK list and sat with the Union for a Europe of Nations group. Vaidere is a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.
Vaidere was Minister of State for the Environment in the Krištopans cabinet from 1998-1999, Vice-Mayor of Riga from 2001-2002 and a member of the Saeima from 2002-2004. Member of the European Parliament, 2004–present
Between 2004 and 2014, Vaidere was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Human Rights. Vaidere is currently a member of the Committee on Budgets.
In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) and the European Parliament Intergroup on the Digital Agenda.