Rihards Kozlovskis | |
Office: | Minister of the Interior |
Term Start: | 15 September 2023 |
Primeminister: | Evika Siliņa |
Predecessor: | Māris Kučinskis |
Term Start1: | 25 October 2011 |
Term End1: | 23 January 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Linda Mūrniece |
Successor1: | Sandis Ģirģens |
Office2: | Member of the Saeima |
Termstart2: | 7 February 2019 |
Birth Date: | 26 May 1969 |
Birth Place: | Riga, Latvian SSR |
Alma Mater: | Latvian Academy of Sport Education University of Latvia |
Rihards Kozlovskis (born 26 May 1969) is a Latvian politician and lawyer. He has served as the Minister of the Interior of Latvia since 2023; and previously served in the same position from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of Unity. Between 2011 and 2014 he was a member of the Reform Party
Kozlovskis was appointed Interior Minister on 25 October 2011.[1]
On 7 December 2015, prime minister Laimdota Straujuma resigned. In her resignation press release, she recommended Kozlovskis as her successor.[2]
He was once again named minister of the interior as part of Evika Siliņa's cabinet.[3]
He has received the Order of Viesturs for his work during the 2006 Riga Summit.