# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ojars-eriks-kalnins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:22:49.828Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ojars-eriks-kalnins"
name: "Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš"
slug: "ojars-eriks-kalnins"
description: "Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš was a Latvian politician and diplomat who served as a member of the Saeima (2010–2021), head of the Latvian Institute (1999–2010), and as Ambassador to the United States (1993–1999). Born in a displaced person's camp in Germany to parents escaping the Soviet occupation of Latvia, he spent his early career working for various Latvian-American organizations before moving to Latvia and taking part in the restoration of Latvian independence. In 1998, he was awarded the Order of the Three Stars."
tagline: "Latvian politician and diplomat (1949–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oj%C4%81rs_%C4%92riks_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-10-22"
deathDate: "2021-10-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.79
  momentum:             10.54511278195489
  historical:           5.936609333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "اوچارس اريكس كالنينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oj%C4%81rs_%C4%92riks_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oj%C4%81rs_%C4%92riks_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oj%C4%81rs_%C4%92riks_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%2C_%D0%9E%D1%8F%D1%80_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Калниньш, Ояр Эрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oj%C4%81rs_%C4%92riks_Kalni%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4210266"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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