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Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga

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6th President of Latvia

PoliticiansBorn 1937 · age 88
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Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga is a Latvian politician who served as the sixth president of Latvia from 1999 to 2007. She is the first and to date only woman to hold the post and the most recent to be re-elected for a second term.

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Vīķe-Freiberga at the 2007 World Economic ForumVīķe-Freiberga at the 2007 World Economic ForumVīķe-Freiberga with U.S. President George W. Bush and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the NATO Summit in Riga 2006Vīķe-Freiberga with U.S. President George W. Bush and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the NATO Summit in Riga 2006

Awards 40

2013honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg
2010Konrad Adenauer Award
2009Hayek Medal
2007Order of Viesturs
2007Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
2006Walter Hallstein Prize
2006Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
2005Hannah Arendt Prize
2005Officer of the National Order of Quebec
2005Order of the White Star, Collar Class
2005Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
2005Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross‎
2005Royal Order of the Seraphim
2004Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic‎
2004Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
2003Order of the White Eagle
2003Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry
2002Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia
2001Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great
2001Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
2001Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)
2001Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
2000Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎
2000Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
1999Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class
1997Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences
1992Marcel Vincent Prize
Cross of Recognition
Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania
Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Golden Plate Award
Doctor Honoris Causa at the Vytautas Magnus University
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class
Order of Stara Planina
Order of Adolphe of Nassau
National Maltese Order of Merit
Order of the Tribute to the Republic
Friendship Order

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Raymond BarreAlso won Konrad Adenauer AwardGünter VerheugenAlso won Order of the Tribute to the RepublicPrince Sébastien of LuxembourgAlso won Order of Adolphe of NassauLászló SólyomAlso won Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)Jorge SampaioAlso won Order of Freedom of the Republic of SloveniaIsrael KirznerAlso won Hayek Medal

About this person

Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
living
Dates
Born 1937 · age 88
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30 languages

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