Chairman of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia Gundars Daudze

Gundars Daudze, Chairman of the Saeima (Parliament) of the Republic of Latvia, was elected on 24 September, 2007 from the Greens and Farmers Union parliamentary group.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Date and place of birth 9 May 1965, Riga

Education 

Certified medical manager
Certified anaesthesiologist and intensive care physician
1989-1990 - Internship in anaesthesiology and intensive care, Children’s Clinical Hospital of the Republic of Latvia
1983-1989 - Doctor - paediatrician Riga Medical Institute, Department of Paediatrics
1975-1983 - Riga Secondary school No. 49
1972-1975 - Talsi Primary school No.2

Employment   

Since September 2007 - Speaker of the 9th Saeima of the Republic of Latvia Parliamentary group of the Union of Greens and Farmers

Member of the following Saeima committees:
- Government Review Committee
- Social and Employment Matters Committee 
- Subcommittee of the Education, Culture and Science Committee on Monitoring the Implementation of the National Development Plan
- Employment Subcommittee of the Social and Employment Matters Committee 
- Public Health Subcommittee of the Social and Employment Matters Committee 

Member of the following delegations:
- Latvian National Group at the Inter-Parliamentary Union
2006-2007 - Member of the 9th Saeima of the Republic of Latvia

Member of the following Saeima committees:
- Government Review Committee
- Social and Employment Matters Committee 
- Subcommittee of the Education, Culture and Science Committee on Monitoring the Implementation of the National Development Plan
- Employment Subcommittee of the Social and Employment Matters Committee 
- Public Health Subcommittee of the Social and Employment Matters Committee 

Member of the following delegations:
- Latvian National Group at the Inter-Parliamentary Union
2006-2007 - Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia, Parliamentary Secretary
2005-2006 - Member of the Ventspils City Council
2004-2006 - Municipal company with limited liability Ventspils Hospital, head doctor 
1996-2004 - Municipal budget institution Ventspils City Hospital, head doctor 
Since August 1990 - Ventspils City Hospital, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, anaesthesiologist and intensive care physician

Political affiliation

Since 2001 Political organisation (party) For Latvia and Ventspils
Public activities
February 2007- September 2007 - Member of the UNESCO Latvian National Commission
2004-2006 - Municipal company with limited liability Ventspils Hospital, Board Member
Since 2001 - Political organisation (party) For Latvia and Ventspils, Board Member

Marital status: married, two daughters