Valdis Dombrovskis

Valdis Dombrovskis (born 5 August 1971) is a Latvian politician. He is the Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People since 2019 and European Commissioner for Trade since 2020. He was European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union from 2016 to 2020 and Prime Minister of Latvia from 2009 to 2014.

Valdis Dombrovskis
Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 December 2019 Serving with Frans Timmermans & Margrethe Vestager
President	Ursula von der Leyen
Preceded by	Office established
European Commissioner for Trade
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2020 Acting: 26 August 2020 – 12 October 2020
President	Ursula von der Leyen
Preceded by	Phil Hogan
European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union
In office 16 July 2016 – 12 October 2020
President	Jean-Claude Juncker Ursula von der Leyen
Preceded by	The Lord Hill of Oareford
Succeeded by	Mairead McGuinness
20th Prime Minister of Latvia
In office 12 March 2009 – 22 January 2014
President	Valdis Zatlers Andris Bērziņš
Preceded by	Ivars Godmanis
Succeeded by	Laimdota Straujuma
Minister of Finance
In office 7 November 2002 – 9 March 2004
Prime Minister	Einars Repše
Preceded by	Gundars Bērziņš
Succeeded by	Oskars Spurdziņš
Personal details
Born	(1971-08-05) 5 August 1971 Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	New Era Party (2002–2011) Unity (2011–present)
Other political affiliations	European People's Party
Spouse(s)	Ārija Dombrovska
Education	University of Latvia Riga Technical University University of Maryland, College Park

Dombrovskis was Minister for Finance of Latvia from 2002 to 2004. He then was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the New Era Party from 2004 to 2009.