“The significance of this Conference is that it provides valuable opportunity to work together to further enhance the positive aspects of globalization, while rectifying the negative aspects.”
Yohei Sasakawa, President of the Nippon Foundation, 2003
Homepage > Projects > Forum 2000 Conferences > 2009 > Participants > Sandra Kalniete

Sandra Kalniete

Sandra_Kalniete.jpg

Member of European Parliament, Former EU Commissioner

Latvia

Joining politics in 1988, when Latvia was fi ghting for independence from the Soviet Union, she served as Deputy Chairwoman of the Latvian Popular Front, the main proindependence political organization. In the past, she worked at the Latvia‘s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as an Ambassador to the UN, France and UNESCO. She was appointed Foreign Minister of Latvia (2002) and became the first Latvia´s EU Commissioner (2004). She was elected a Member of the European Parliament in 2009.

Back to delegate list

2009

Supported by:

Nippon Foundation

E-mail news