# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maris-riekstins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:31:59.870Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maris-riekstins"
name: "Māris Riekstiņš"
slug: "maris-riekstins"
description: "Māris Riekstiņš is a Latvian politician and diplomat and a former Foreign Minister of Latvia. He is a former Ambassador of Latvia to the Russian Federation. He currently serves as Permanent Representative of Latvia to NATO."
tagline: "Latvian politician (born 1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maris_Riekstins_2005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Public Official"
  slug: "public-official"
birthDate: "1963-04-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.07365066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ماريس ريكستينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Māris Riekstiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Māris Riekstiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Māris Riekstiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Māris Riekstiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ris_Rieksti%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Māris Riekstiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Māris Riekstiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Māris Riekstiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Риекстиньш, Марис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Māris Riekstiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%94%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%88"
    title: "Маріс Рієкстінш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1368924"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump