# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/guntars-krasts
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:41:42.952Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/guntars-krasts"
name: "Guntars Krasts"
slug: "guntars-krasts"
description: "Guntars Krasts is a Latvian politician, former Prime Minister, and former Member of the European Parliament for the single Latvia constituency. Born in Riga, he was the Minister of Economy of Latvia from December 1995 to August 1997, Prime Minister of Latvia from August 1997 to November 1998, and the Deputy Prime Minister from November 1998 to June 1999. Krasts was a member of Saeima, the Latvian parliament, from June 1999 until being elected to the European Parliament in 2004."
tagline: "Latvian politician (born 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guntars_Krasts_2011-08-20.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957-10-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.14283733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Guntars Krasts"
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    title: "Guntars Krasts"
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    title: "Guntars Krasts"
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    title: "Guntars Krasts"
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    title: "Guntars Krasts"
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  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guntars_Krasts"
    title: "Guntars Krasts"
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  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guntars_Krasts"
    title: "Guntars Krasts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guntars_Krasts"
    title: "Guntars Krasts"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guntars_Krasts"
    title: "Guntars Krasts"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump