Ambassador

CURRICULUM VITAE
Name:               Eduards Stiprais
Date of birth:     19 February 1969
Place of birth:     Riga, Latvia
Maritial status:    Married to Mrs. Zanda GRAUZE

Education:	University of Latvia, Faculty of Economics, 1993 (main subject - planning of the national economy); Diploma of the MA equivalent; Riga Secondary School No 84, 1987;
Work experience:
Since August 2009	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London;
January 2009 – August 2009	Ambassador, Head of Directorate for Bilateral Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Riga;
July 2007 – September 2008	Head of the State President’s Chancellery, Riga;
December 2004 – July 2007	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union, Brussels;
May 2004 - December 2004	Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union;
April 2003 – April 2004	Ambassador, Deputy Head of Mission of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union, Brussels;
December 1999 – April 2003	Deputy Chief Negotiator - Head of Secretariat of the Delegation for EU Accession Negotiations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
May 1998 – December 1999	Head of the Task Force for Preparation of EU Accession Negotiations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
October 1995 – May 1998	First Secretary, Mission of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union, Brussels;
March 1995 - October 1995	Second Secretary, Mission of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union, Brussels;
July 1994 - March 1995	Deputy Director, Department of International Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
October 1993 - July 1994	Head of the EC/EFTA Relations Division, Department of International Economic Organisations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
February 1993 - October 1993	EC Desk Officer, Department of International Economic Organisations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
February 1992 - February 1993	Desk Officer, Ministry of Foreign Trade;
October 1991 - February 1992	Trainee, Department of Foreign Economic Relations, Council of Ministers;
May - July 1991	Trainee, Ministry of Social Maintenance.
Other relevant experience:	Secretary of the Latvian delegation for the negotiations on the Europe Agreement, 1994-1995;
	Secretary of the Latvian delegation for the negotiations on the Agreement on Free Trade and Trade Related Matters with the EU, 1993 - 1994.
	Advisor on Secondment to OECD/EU SIGMA Programme, Paris, 1995
Military service:	June 1988 - August 1989
Awards and decorations:
2009	Chevalier of the Order of Merits, Ukraine, 2nd Class
2004	Officer of  the Order of Three Stars, 4th Class
2003	Certificate of Recognition of the Cabinet of Ministers
2003	Silver Award of Honour from the Ministry of Interior
2000	State Secretary’s Award of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Language skills:	Latvian - mother tongue
	English - excellent
	Russian - excellent
	French - good
	Spanish - basic
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