# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rihards-kols
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:47:15.996Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rihards-kols"
name: "Rihards Kols"
slug: "rihards-kols"
description: "Rihards Kols is a Latvian politician of the National Alliance who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024. He was a member of the Saeima since 2014, serving as the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee from 2018 to 2024. During his tenure, Kols led the Saeima delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and represented the Saeima in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)."
tagline: "Latvian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1719411640687_20240626_RIHARDS_Kols_LV_016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1984-12-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.54
  momentum:             0.4225352112676056
  historical:           7.00972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rihardskols"
    handle:    "rihardskols"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/rihardskols/"
    handle:    "rihardskols"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/KolsRihards"
    handle:    "KolsRihards"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://rihardskols.lv"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%81"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihards_Kols"
    title: "Rihards Kols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihards_Kols"
    title: "Rihards Kols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihards_Kols"
    title: "Rihards Kols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihards_Kols"
    title: "Rihards Kols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihards_Kols"
    title: "Rihards Kols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%81"
    title: "Ріхардс Колс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%90%86%E6%9F%A5%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E7%A7%91%E7%88%BE%E6%96%AF"
    title: "理查德·科爾斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20562562"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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