Ivars Godmanis

Ivars Godmanis
Godmanis in 2008
10th Prime Minister of Latvia
In office 20 December 2007 – 12 March 2009
President	Valdis Zatlers
Preceded by	Aigars Kalvītis
Succeeded by	Valdis Dombrovskis
In office 7 May 1990* – 3 August 1993
President	Anatolijs Gorbunovs (Acting) Guntis Ulmanis
Preceded by	Vilnis Edvīns Bresis
Succeeded by	Valdis Birkavs
Personal details
Born	(1951-11-27) 27 November 1951 (age 72) Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Political party	Popular Front of Latvia (1988–1993) Latvian Way (1997–2007) Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way (2007–2011)
Alma mater	University of Latvia
As the Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Ivars Godmanis (born 27 November 1951) is a Latvian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Latvia from 1990 to 1993 and again from 2007 to 2009. He was the first Prime Minister of Latvia after the country restored its independence from the Soviet Union.