Background
Krasts, Guntars was born in 1957 in Riga, Latvia, WORLD0.
Krasts, Guntars was born in 1957 in Riga, Latvia, WORLD0.
Degree in Economics, University Latvia, 1982.
Born in Riga, he was the Minister of Economy of Latvia from December 1995 to August 1997, Prime Minister of Latvia from August 1997 to November 1998, and the Deputy Prime Minister from November 1998 to June 1999. He sits with the Union for a Europe of Nations group (UEN). As of 31 March 2009, his European Parliament profile shows no national party membership.
On 28 March 2008, Libertas Latvia gave a press conference in which Krasts was named as the head of the Libertas Latvia list.
The list would total eight candidates to contend the nine seats assigned to the single Latvia constituency.
Guntars Krasts was elected in the 2004 Euroelections as Member of the European Parliament for the single Latvia constituency as a member of Foreign Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK. He left Foreign Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK in February 2008 but joined no other party.
Krasts was a member of Saeima, the Latvian parliament, from June 1999 until being elected to the European Parliament in 2004.
Avocations: swimming, skiing, tourism.
Married; 3 children.