إدغارس رينكيفتش

إدگارس رينكيڤتش
Edgars Rinkēvičs
Edgars Rinkēvičs as president-elect, 2023-05-31 (cropped).jpg
رينكيڤتش في 2023
رئيس لاتڤيا الحادي عشر
تولى المنصب
8 يوليو 2023
رئيس الوزراءKrišjānis Kariņš
Evika Siliņa
سبقهEgils Levits
وزير الشئون الخارجية
في المنصب
25 October 2011 – 8 July 2023
رئيس الوزراءValdis Dombrovskis
Laimdota Straujuma
Māris Kučinskis
Krišjānis Kariņš
سبقهĢirts Valdis Kristovskis
خلـَفهKrišjānis Kariņš
President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
في المنصب
17 May 2023 – 8 July 2023
سبقهÞórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
خلـَفهKrišjānis Kariņš
تفاصيل شخصية
وُلِد21 سبتمبر 1973 (العمر 51 سنة)
Jūrmala, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Jūrmala, Latvia)
الحزبLatvian Way (1998–2004)
Reform Party (2012–2014)
Unity (2014–2023)
المدرسة الأمجامعة لاتڤيا
Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

إدگارس/إدغارس رينكيڤتش ( Edgars Rinkēvičs ؛ وُلِد في 21 سبتمبر 1973) هو موظف عام وسياسي لاتڤي، يشغل منصب رئيس لاتڤيا الحادي عشر منذ يوليو 2023. He previously served as the minister of foreign affairs of Latvia from 2011 to 2023, and head of the Chancery of the President of Latvia as state secretary of the Ministry of Defence, as well as a deputy of the Saeima.

Upon taking office as president, Rinkēvičs became the first openly gay head of state in a European Union country.[1] Prior to becoming president, Rinkēvičs had represented Latvian Way, Reform Party, and the Unity party since May 2014. He left Unity after being elected president as it is customarily expected in Latvia for presidents to maintain political neutrality.

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النشأة والتعليم

وُلِد رينكيفتش في يورمالا، حيث أتم المدرسة الثانوية في 1991.[2] Upon graduating from high school, he started a bachelor's degree at the University of Latvia's Faculty of History and Philosophy, which he acquired in 1995. During the same time, in 1994 and 1995 he studied Political Science and International Relations at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, for which he received a certificate in 1995.[3] In 1997, he obtained his master's degree in political science, followed by a second master's degree from the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy,[أ] obtained in 2000.[2][4]


السيرة

In 1993 and 1994, Rinkēvičs worked as a journalist reporting on foreign policy and international relations at Latvian Radio, while still studying.[6] In 1995, he took the job as senior referent in the Policy Department of the Ministry of Defence, a role he held until March 1996, when he became acting leader of the Policy Department, a role he occupied until September the same year, when he was made acting Deputy Secretary of State for Defence.[7] In May 1997, he became acting Secretary of State for Defence, before becoming the main Secretary of State for Defence in August 1997, a role he possessed until October 2008.[7]

Rinkēvičs with Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi, 2 July 2021

Between 1998 and 2004, Rinkēvičs was a member of the Latvian Way party.[7] In February 1998, he became involved in discussion on the US-Baltic Partnership Charter, and from 2002 to 2003 was a member of the Latvian delegation negotiating accession to NATO as Latvia's Deputy Head of Delegation. In 2008, he was appointed as Head of the Chancery of the President of Latvia, a role he held until July 2011.[7] In October of the same year, Rinkēvičs joined Valdis Dombrovskis' third cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Initially an independent, he joined the Zatlers' Reform Party in January 2012.[8] In May 2014, Rinkēvičs joined the Unity party.[9]

Rinkēvičs with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, 7 March 2022

Following the resignation of the Dombrovskis cabinet in 2014, he continued his ministerial roles in Laimdota Straujuma's first cabinet. In 2014 he stood in the parliamentary elections and was elected to parliament before again being confirmed to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs, this time in Straujuma's second cabinet.[6] He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2019 in the Kučinskis cabinet and from 2019 to 2023 in the Kariņš cabinet.

Rinkēvičs meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog في القدس، 20 نوفمبر 2023

In September 2020, Rinkēvičs said he welcomed the news about the establishment of full diplomatic relations between Israel and Bahrain.[10] He also expressed deep concern over the escalation of hostilities in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to immediately halt fighting and progress towards a peaceful resolution.[11]

الرئاسة (2023–الحاضر)

Rinkēvičs was elected president of Latvia on 31 May 2023.[12] He took office on 8 July 2023.[13]

On 20 November 2023, he visited Israel to express solidarity with the country during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[14]

On 15 December 2023, Rinkēvičs met with Canadian Minister of Defence Bill Blair in the Riga Castle to discuss bilateral cooperation between the two countries, especially in the areas of defence and security policy.[15]

الحياة الشخصية

On 6 November 2014, he publicly announced on his Twitter profile that he is gay,[16][17] making him the first lawmaker in Latvia to announce his homosexuality. Upon election at the president of Latvia in 2023, Rinkēvičs became the first openly gay head of state in an EU country and the first ever openly gay president of any state.[18][1] In addition to Latvian, he is fluent in English, Russian, and French.

التكريم

الوطني

الأجنبي


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انظر أيضاً

ملاحظات

  1. ^ Sources ([2][3][4]) state Rinkēvičs studied at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces of the US National Defence University as this was the name of the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy at that time. The name was changed to its current form in 2012.[5]

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  3. ^ أ ب "Par uzticības izteikšanu Ministru kabinetam" (PDF) (in اللاتفية). Saeima. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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  6. ^ أ ب Kroet, Cynthia (18 December 2014). "Edgars Rinkēvičs: Latvia's foreign minister". POLITICO Europe. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
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وصلات خارجية

مناصب سياسية
سبقه
Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis 		Minister of Foreign Affairs
2011–2023 		تبعه
Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš
سبقه
Egils Levits 		President of Latvia
2023–present 		الحالي
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