ABOUT

Inese Vaidere is a Latvian Member of the European Parliament, serving since 2004. She represents the Unity party and sits with the Group of the European People's Party (EPP).

She holds a doctorate in Economics from the University of Latvia, where she has also served as a professor. Before joining the European Parliament, she held several senior political positions, including Minister of the Environment of Latvia, Adviser to the President and Prime Minister of Latvia, Vice-Chair of Riga City Council and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Latvian Parliament.

In the European Parliament, she is a member of the Committee on International Trade (INTA) and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO). She is also a substitute member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and the Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union (HOUS). She serves as Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.

Official European Parliament profile