12 Notable alumni of Latvia University of Agriculture
Updated: May 31, 2026 EliteDegrees
Latvia University of Agriculture is ranked #3,243 in the world and #3 in Latvia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Latvia University of Agriculture sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Latvia University of Agriculture won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Atis Slakteris
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Atis Slakteris is a former Minister of Defence of Latvia, and Minister of Finance from December 2007 to March 2009.
2. Dzintars Jaundžeikars
1956-2022 (aged 66)
politician
Dzintars Jaundžeikars was a Latvian politician. He was a member of the LPP/LC and a deputy of the 8th and 9th Saeima (Latvian Parliament). He began his last term in parliament on 16 November 2006, until he was voted out in 2010 Latvian parliamentary election. Jaundžeikars was also Minister of the Interior of Latvia from 3 November 2005 to 7...
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3. Dace Reinika
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Dace Reinika is a Latvian politician who was a deputy of the 10th Saeima and who was the last Chair of the Council of Tērvete Municipality from 2013 to 2021, when the municipality was merged into Dobele Municipality.
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4. Jānis Klaužs
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Jānis Klaužs is a Latvian politician. He is a Deputy of the Saeima and a member of the People's Party.
5. Uldis Sesks
1962-. (aged 64)
athlete
politician
Uldis Sesks, is a former mayor of Liepāja, Latvia and a businessman and former auto racer.
6. Jānis Dūklavs
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Jānis Dūklavs is a Latvian politician from the Union of Greens and Farmers political alliance. Dūklavs was Minister of Agriculture of Latvia from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2014 to 2019.
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7. Armands Krauze
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Armands Krauze is a Latvian politician serving as minister of agriculture since 2023. From 2014 to 2023, he was a member of the Saeima.
8. Andris Šķēle
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Andris Šķēle is a Latvian former politician and business oligarch. He served two terms as Prime Minister of Latvia from 1995 to 1997, and again from 1999 to 2000.
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9. Aigars Kalvītis
1966-. (aged 60)
economist
businessperson
politician
Aigars Kalvītis is a Latvian businessman and a former politician who was the Prime Minister of Latvia from 2004 to 2007. Currently he is the president of Latvian Ice Hockey Federation and the Chairman of the Board of Latvian gas company Latvijas Gāze. He is the Chairman of the Council of Latvian telecommunications company Tet.
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10. Roberts Zīle
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
economist
Roberts Zīle is a Latvian economist and politician and Vice President of the European Parliament for the National Alliance, a free market national conservative right-wing populist political party in Latvia. In the seventh term of the European Parliament, he works in the European Conservatives and Reformists group; he is a member of European Conservatives and Reformists Group Executive and a...
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11. Jānis Urbanovičs
1959-. (aged 67)
hydraulic engineer
politician
Jānis Urbanovičs is a Latvian politician and author. He has been a member of the Saeima since 1994. From 2005–2010 Urbanovičs was chairman of the National Harmony Party and from 2010–2014 and again since 2019 the chairman of Harmony.
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12. Vilnis Edvīns Bresis
1938-2017 (aged 79)
politician
banker
Vilnis Edvīns Bresis was a Latvian politician who was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR from 6 October 1988 to 7 May 1990.