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Andris KESTERIS Chief Negotiator for the EU Accession of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia

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1984 - 1987 post graduate, State University of Kiev, aspirant
1979 - 1984 graduated the University of Latvia, Faculty of History and Philosophy
 Since 1999 Chief Negotiator for Latvia s accession negotiations to the EU
 Since 1998 Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1994 - 1998 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia in Federal Republic of Germany
1992 - 1994 Head of Latvian Delegation CSCE, Charge d Affaires, Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in Austria
 Febr. 1992 Head of Europe Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 Dec. 1990 Began diplomatic career as a Political Desk Officer of the Department of Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1987 - 1990 University of Latvia, lecturer

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The commander of the "Grosse Verdienstkreuz" der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1997