Education
University of Tartu.
biologist politician prime minister university professor
University of Tartu.
He was prime minister of Latvia from 20 June 1940 to 25 August 1940 and Acting President of Latvia from 21 July 1940 to 25 August 1940. lieutenant was Kirhenšteins pro-Soviet government that requested the incorporation of Latvia into the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics after the annexation of the country in 1940.
He was Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940-1952.
He became a member of the Communist Party in 1941.