Background
Meierovics was born into the family of a Jewish doctor and his Latvian wife Anna, who died in childbirth. His father became mentally ill and therefore young Meierovics grew up with his uncle"s family in Sabile.
Diplomat politician prime minister
Meierovics was born into the family of a Jewish doctor and his Latvian wife Anna, who died in childbirth. His father became mentally ill and therefore young Meierovics grew up with his uncle"s family in Sabile.
He studied at the Riga Polytechnicum.
He also served two terms as the Prime Minister of Latvia from June, 1921 to January, 1923 and from June 1923 to January, 1924. After 1911 Meierovics belonged to various Latvian organizations, notably the Riga Latvian Society. During World War I he worked in the Latvian Refugee Committee and the organizing committee of the Latvian Riflemen units.
After the February Revolution he moved to Riga to work as a professional politician.
11 November 1918, while working for the Latvian National Council, he received written confirmation that the United Kingdom acknowledged the de facto statehood of Latvia. Meierovics became the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia on 19 November 1918, a day after the Republic of Latvia was proclaimed.
On 28 September 1910 Meierovics married Anna Fielhold, with whom he had three children, two boys and a girl (Helmuts, Ruta and Gunars). Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics died in a car accident on 22 August 1925 at the age of 38.
About 18 km from Tukums the car accidentally drove off the road and overturned.
While other passengers suffered only minor bruises, the minister was apparently crushed by the vehicle, resulting in a broken neck and severed spinal cord. The chauffeur had to run about 2 km to the nearest living, but before the doctor arrived, the minister died on the scene.
He was one of the founders of the Latvian Farmers" Union, one of Latvia"s oldest political parties.
He was a member of the Latvian Popular Council, the Constitutional Assembly of Latvia and the 1st Saeima.