Dainis GEGERIS

Background

GEGERIS, Dainis was born on March 1, 1946 in Sabile, Talsi. Parents: Peteris Gegeris and Marija Gegere (née Porina) (née Klevenska), 1965.

Education

Kandava Agricultural Technical School, technician-mechanic, 1960-1965. Riga Polytechnical Institute, mechanical engineering, 1965-1973. All Union Research Institute of Repair of Agricultural Machines, graduate of technical sciences, 1976-1981.

Spoken languages: German, Russian.

Career

Deputy Minister, since 1985, First Deputy Minister, since 1988, then Minister of Agriculture, since 1990. Professor, Riga Technical University, since 1988. Farmer, Riga, since 1992.

Religion

Lutheran

Membership

Latvian Popular Front. Latvian Scientists’ Union. Clubs: Latvian motoring federation.

Interests

• Motoring; Latvian independence and restoration of democratic state government system.