Education
- 1997 University of Latvia, master's degree in geography;
- 1986 University of Latvia, geographer, geography teacher's diploma.
Positions to be held
- 14. Member of the Saeima;
- 14. Chairperson of the Social and Labor Affairs Commission of the Saeima;
- Chairman of the board of the party "Kuldīgas novadam";
- Member of the board of the "Jaunā Vienotība" party association.
Previous job experience
- July 27, 2009 – October 31, 2022, Chairperson of the Kuldīga County Council (re-elected in 2013, 2017 and 2021);
- August 1, 2013 – October 31, 2022 - Chairperson of the Development Council of the Kurzeme Planning Region;
- October 14, 2014 - October 31, 2022 - member of the Latvian delegation of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union;
- February 13, 2019 - December 14, 2022 - Freelance adviser to Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņas on regional development issues;
- June 2013 - October 31, 2022 - member of the board of the Latvian Association of Municipalities;
- April 30, 2015 - October 31, 2022 - Deputy Chairperson of the Board of the Association of Regional Development Centers;
- November 29, 2007 - July 27, 2009 Chairperson of Kuldīga City Council;
- 2001 – November 29, 2007, Deputy Chairperson of Kuldīga City Council;
- in 2003 - 2007 November 29, head of the Kuldīgas Development Agency of the local government agency of the Kuldīgas District Council;
- 2005 - 2006 coordinator of the "Kurzeme Region Development Agency" society;
- 2006 Soros Foundation, Latvia Regional development group management, expert at the Moldovan-Latvian forum on public participation;
- 2005 Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government Affairs, Development of the National Development Plan, expert;
- 2001 - 2003 BO SIA "Baltic Sea Coastal Development Agency", Kuldīga district coordinator;
- 2001 – 2002 Lecturer of the adult education center of Kuldīgas region;
- 2000 - 2002 Head of the non-profit organization "Kurzemes development agency" of the municipal company of the Kuldīga district council;
- 2000 Deputy Head of Kuldīga District Statistics Department for census issues;
- 1998 - 2000 Kuldīga District Council, head of regional development department;
- 1997 - 2000 economics lecturer at Riga University of Pedagogy and Educational Management;
- 1994 - 1997 V. Plūdoņa Kuldīga 1st grade, geography teacher, then deputy director of commercial education;
- 1986 - 1994 Geography teacher at the Riga English Gymnasium.