Indulis Emsis

Indulis Emsis (born January 2, 1952) is a biologist and Latvian politician who was Prime Minister of Latvia.

Indulis Emsis is a graduate of University of Latvia with a degree in biology, received in 1975. In 1986, he received Ph.D., also in biology. Until 1990, he worked as a research scientist in environmental science.

In 1990, he became one of founders of Latvian Green Party and served as Minister for the environment in the 1990s, working especially for a clean Baltic Sea. He is currently one of the three chairpersons of the Latvian Green Party, which forms a part of The Greens and Rustics union.

On March 9, 2004, he became the prime minister of Latvia, leading a right-center minority government consisting of The Greens and Rustics union, Latvia First Party and Latvian People's Party. He is the first member of a Green Party to become Prime Minister of a country. On October 28, 2004, the government fell as the Saeima voted 39:53 against the government's budget proposal for the year 2005.

Emsis' political views are described as rather conservative.



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