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  Guntis Ulmanis - MSN Encarta
Guntis Ulmanis, born in 1939, president of Latvia (1993-1999).
Ulmanis was born in Rīga. His great uncle, Kārlis Ulmanis, was the last president of independent Latvia before it came under the domination of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1940.
Latvia under Ulmanis became an associate member of the European Union (EU) and enacted citizenship laws allowing for the naturalization of non-Latvians.
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  Kārlis Ulmanis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ulmanis studied agriculture at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland and at Leipzig University, Germany and then worked in Latvia as a writer, lecturer, and manager in agricultural positons.
Ulmanis returned to Latvia from exile in 1913, after being informed that it was safe to return due to the declaration of a general amnesty by the Russian tsar.
Ulmanis is now known to have died in a prison in Krasnovodsk in the present Turkmenistan during World War II.
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 Guntis Ulmanis - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Ulmanis was born in Rīga. His great uncle, Kārlis Ulmanis, was the last president of...
Guntis Ulmanis (born on September 13, 1939) is a Latvian politician and was the president of Latvia from 1993 to 1999.
Guntis Ulmanis Guntis Ulmanis 5th President of Latvia In office 7 July, 1993  – ; 7 July, 1999 Preceded by Anatolijs Gorbunovs
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 Prezidenta kancelejas mājas lapa
1992.gadā Guntis Ulmanis tika iecelts par Latvijas Bankas padomes locekli.
Valsts prezidents Guntis Ulmanis 1996.gadā pasludināja moratoriju nāves soda izpildei Latvijā un aicināja iekļaut Latvijas likumdošanā nāves soda atcelšanu, tādējādi apliecinot izpratni par humānu un civilizētu valsti.
Brīvajos brīžos Guntis Ulmanis lasa vēsturiskos un politiskos memuārus, aizraujas ar sportu (teniss, basketbols, volejbols), pastaigām dabā, ļoti labprāt pavada laiku kopā ar ģimeni, it īpaši, mazmeitu Paulu.
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 Karlis Ulmanis   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ulmanis studied agriculture (agriculture: The class of people engaged in growing food) at the ETH Zurich (ETH Zurich: eth zurich (from its german name eidgenössische technische hochschule zürich, ethz)...
Ulmanis was the first Prime Minister of a Latvia (Latvia: A republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea) which had become independent for the first time in 700 years.
One sign that Ulmanis is still very popular in Latvia is the election of his grand-nephew Guntis Ulmanis (Guntis Ulmanis: guntis ulmanis (born on september 13, 1939) is a latvian politician and was the...
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 The Jamestown Foundation
Latvian president Guntis Ulmanis yesterday issued a letter to the cabinet of ministers urging measures to develop the country's defense system and to promote public comprehension of that need.
Ulmanis called, inter alia, for: urgent approval of an overdue plan for the development of national armed forces; a concept for assigning specific tasks to state institutions in implementing defense programs; a state defense plan for 1998; and holding seminars to inform state officials, parliamentary deputies, businessmen, and journalists about national defense issues.
Ulmanis complained that public ignorance of these issues jeopardizes efforts to develop national defense and is also partly responsible for the parliament's inaction.
www.jamestown.org /publications_details.php?volume_id=21&issue_id=1216&article_id=12089   (303 words)

  
 Personal Profiles, May-June 1994   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On July 7, 1993, Guntis Ulmanis was elected as the fifth president of the Republic of Latvia by the country's Saeima (parliament).
Guntis Ulmanis was born on September 13, 1939, in Riga, Latvia.
Karlis Ulmanis, the brother of Guntis Ulmanis' grandfather, was the last state president of Latvia before the Soviet occupation in 1940.
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 Central Europe Review - Latvia: The outgoing President   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As much as Ulmanis set a major precedent in his role as President for six years, his successor will equally affect Latvia in how she holds up to the high examples Ulmanis set.
Many claim that Ulmanis exceeded the spirit of the presidency's powers, but he can be seen to have established the president's office as an effective and active player on the political scene.
However, the retirement of Guntis Ulmanis in early July 1999 will be a highly symbolic moment and bring about a psychological change for the nation.
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 LATVIAN PRESIDENT GUNTIS ULMANIS AT UNESCO’S EXECUTIVE BOARD {23 October 1998}
President Ulmanis spoke of Latvia’s deep cultural roots, expressed in its language, rich oral traditions and folklore.
President Ulmanis also spoke of the historic centre of his country’s capital, Riga, inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1997, and described the planned new National Library in which UNESCO is involved as a symbol of modern Latvian society.
Welcoming President Ulmanis, Mr Pataki said that “Latvia, which you have led with such wisdom and effectiveness since 1993, plays an active role in co-operation among the countries of the Baltic Sea.
www.unesco.org /bpi/eng/unescopress/98-237e.htm   (597 words)

  
 Union of Councils for Soviet Jews -- Action Alert: Fight distribution of antisemitic textbooks to Latvian schools
The Union of Councils and its Baltic-American Bureau on Human Rights, request that you write letters to Latvian President Guntis Ulmanis and Education Minister Juris Celmins, requesting that these hate-mongering books be immediately removed from the country's schools and libraries, and that a more adequate screening process for textbooks be developed.
The Honorable Guntis Ulmanis President of the Republic of Latvia Latvia Pils Laukums 3 LV-1900 Riga, Latvia Fax: 011-371-782-8388
The Honorable Guntis Ulmanis President of the Republic of Latvia Latvia Pils Laukums 3 LV-1900 Riga, Latvia
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 Ulmanis, Guntis biography - S9.com
Born: 1939 AD Currently alive, at 68 years of age.
by Guntis Ulmanis (Unknown Binding - Nov 9, 1995)
by Guntis Ulmanis (Unknown Binding - Nov 9, 1996)
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 DELFI - > DELFI versijas > Versijas
Ar Eduardu Ulmani viņi nesatikās, jo Eduardu Ulmani turēja citrās nometnēs (saucās Vjatlaga lagpunkti).
Un Guntis Ulmanis nekā neizdarīja, lai panāktu Krievijas arhīva dokumentu atdošanu par Latvijas pilsoņiem.
Par Eduardu Ulmani tik sīki nemaz nav, jo nav zināms viņa nāves datums.
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 BBI - Welcome to Bridge Builders Iternational   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ulmanis was accompanied by his wife, Aina Ulmane, his secretary Eva Eihmane, Almers Ludviks, Director of Partners Foundation in Riga, and Charles Kelley, President of Bridge Builders International, the host organization responsible for sponsoring the Ulmanis tour.
Ulmanis said that Latvia used to be considered as a window to Europe, but now it is an open door through which the free market economy flows back and forth.
Ulmanis stated that people working with people, not governments with governments, is the most effective way of changing peoples hearts, taking down barricades and getting rid of misconceptions that nations have with each other.
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 Contemporary Review: The other presidential election - Latvia
Born in 1939, Ulmanis is the great-nephew of the President Ulmanis who was deposed by the Russians in 1940, and who himself had been a leader of the move to Latvian independence during the First World War.
Guntis Ulmanis made his way, nonetheless, through the Soviet educational and employment system, rising to become a senior manager in the state service sector.
Ulmanis was in 1996 nominated as a presidential candidate by the Latvia Farmers' Union and the Latvia Christian Democratic Union, but these party political groupings, and all others, have been very fluid as the country has taken its recent steps towards western democratic structures.
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 ipedia.com: Karlis Ulmanis Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kārlis Ulmanis (September 4, 1877 - September 20, 1942) was the most prominent politician in pre-World War II Latvia.
Ulmanis also founded the Latvian Farmer's Union, one of two most prominent political parties in Latvia of that time and was prime minister in several goverments between 1918 and 1940.
A sign of Ulmanis still being very popular in Latvia is that his grand-nephew Guntis Ulmanis was elected president in 1993.
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 Latvia > Politics > Administration > President > Basic information
The pre-war dictator Karlis Ulmanis was a brother of Guntis Ulmanis' grandfather.
Guntis Ulmanis acquired the office largely thanks to his well-known ancestor and his family name that promoted nostalgic sentiments in certain parts of the population.
Saeima, Guntis Ulmanis chose first a right-wing candidate and then a left-wing candidate both of whom consecutively failed to gain sufficient parliamentary support.
www.balticdata.info /latvia/politics/latvia_politics_administration_president_basic_information.htm   (886 words)

  
 j. - Latvian head repeats apology for country's WWII role   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Guntis Ulmanis, who is on a three-day visit to Israel, said at a reception at the home of President Ezer Weizman that the Baltic nation is aware that some of its citizens persecuted Latvian Jews during World War II.
Latvian legislators made the request after receiving a copy of Ulmanis' speech to the Anti-Defamation League in which he apologized for Latvian participation in the genocide of Jews during the Nazi occupation of the country from 1941 to 1944.
Ulmanis, who was in the United States to attend a U.S.-Baltic summit in Washington, made his remarks while in New York to accept the Distinguished Statesman Award from the ADL.
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 Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 99-03-18
Guntis, who arrived in Athens on Tuesday at the head of a delegation of Latvian ministers and business people, also met with PM Costas Simitis, while he is further scheduled to have talks with Parliament President Apostolos Kaklamanis and several opposition party leaders.
Ulmanis stressed the importance of the education and economic cooperation accords, and put emphasis on the development of bilateral relations, noting the fact that he was accompanied by a group of entrepreneurs on his trip.
Ulmanis' honour, the Greek president said Greece believed in the idea of a "United Europe", as European countries had an important role to play in international affairs, without a disposition of antagonism with the US, but by strengthening their presence on the international scene and accompanied by a common external and security policy.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Karlis Ulmanis   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This safety was shortlived as World War I broke out one year later.In the aftermath of the war, Ulmanis was one of the principal founders of the Latvian People's Council (Tautas Padome), which proclaimed Latvia's independence from Russia on November 18, 1918.
He also served as Prime Minister in several subsequent Latvian goverment administrations during the period of Latvian independence from 1918 to 1940.
The incumbent President Alberts Kviesis was allowed to serve the rest of his term until 1936, after which Ulmanis merged the office of President and Prime Minister in his own person.
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Latvian President Guntis Ulmanis visited Turkey on February 18, upon the official invitation of President Demirel.
Latvian President Guntis Ulmanis in his speech at the welcoming ceremony expressed optimism about the future of bilateral relations.
Ulmanis referred to the importance of the new developments related to the expansion of NATO and the restructuring of Europe and expressed his opinion that granting full membership in the EU to Turkey and Latvia was an issue of major importance to be discussed during EU expansion talks.
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 VIPs The Baltic States
atvian President Guntis Ulmanis is the kind of guy you wouldn't mind having a beer with down at the local pub.
But Ulmanis wasn't elected president for his political acumen, but rather because of his dead uncle, Karlis Ulmanis-the still-revered Latvian president during the country's first period of independence, 1920-1940.
Not only has Ulmanis proven he can be a stabilizing force in government, but, with his reelection in 1996, he also demonstrated he has more political sense than anyone was previously willing to give him credit for.
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 Guntis Ulmanis: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Guntis Ulmanis (born on September 13, 1939) is a Latvian (Latvian: A native or inhabitant of Latvia) politician and was the president (president: The chief executive of a republic) of Latvia (Latvia: A republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea) from 1993 to 1999.
He was born in Riga (Riga: A port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League).
His grandfather's brother Kārlis Ulmanis (Kārlis Ulmanis: krlis ulmanis (b....
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 ADL HONORS PRESIDENT OF LATVIA WITH DISTINGUISHED STATESMAN AWARD FOR EFFORTS TO RECONCILE WITH LATVIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY
ADL recognized President Guntis Ulmanis for his public acknowledgment of and apology for his country's participation in the Nazi slaughter of 90 percent of Latvian Jews.
President Ulmanis is moving forward to atone for his country's hideous history in this century and to create a new Latvia for the next.
President Ulmanis was sworn in as the President of Latvia on July 7, 1993 and was re-elected as the President for the second term in June 1996.
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 NATO Press Release (96)41
Guntis Ulmanis, will come to NATO Headquarters on 26 March 1996 to meet the Secretary General.
President Ulmanis' departure is expected at around 18:15.
Journalists wishing to cover the visit of the President of Latvia will be allowed into the NATO premises on presentation of a NATO accreditation pass or a valid press pass.
www.nato.int /docu/pr/1996/p96-041e.htm   (94 words)

  
 Lecture by Dr. Guntis Ulmanis - Latvia in the New Millennium
Guntis Ulmanis is a familiar name to everybody who follows developments in the Baltic nations.
Ulmanis, we are honored, delighted to have you with us.
My uncle, Karlis Ulmanis, who served for many years as President and Prime Minister of Latvia, lived for ten years in the United States, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and in Houston, Texas.
depts.washington.edu /baltic/UlmanisEng.html   (3044 words)

  
 Address to the new Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to the Holy See
It is with pleasure that I welcome you at the beginning of your mission as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Holy See.
As I accept your Letters of Credence, I thank you for the warm greetings which you bring from President Guntis Ulmanis, and I ask that you convey to him and to the Latvian people my own good wishes and the assurance of my prayers for the peace and prosperity of the nation.
Our meeting vividly reminds me of my Pastoral Visit to your country in 1993, when I saw and heard for myself how much the Latvian people had suffered through long years of oppression, and how deep was the yearning for freedom which had sustained them through those years.
www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1998/may/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19980528_letonia_en.html   (1140 words)

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