Dr.sc.pol.h.c. Atis Lejiņš
Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Lomonosova iela 1A, LV-1019, Rīga, Latvia
Born:
Jelgava, Latvia, 1942.
Education:
M.A in History UCLA, 1968
Professional experience:
Director and founder, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Chairman of the Board, January 1992 - present.
Short term consultant/EU and the Baltic States, The World Bank, 1999.
Senior Administrative Officer, Latvian Information Office (Latvijas Pārstāvniecība), Sweden, January-July, 1991.
Head of Foreign Affairs Department, Latvian Popular Front, July - October, 1991.
Consultant, Zenit International AB, January - December, 1990.
Research assistant, co-editor with Dr. Bo Huldt of academic publication series Conference Papers, Editor, World Press Archives, Swedish Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) 1979 -1990.
Two years assistant to the director, Mr. Ake Sparring.
Professional activities:
Board member Latvian Intelligentsia Association;
member, Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (E-PINE);
former Latvian board member of International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) to Georgia;
former Senior Fellow “EU-Enlargement”, Zentrum fuer Eiropaiesche Integrationsforschung (ZEI), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn;
former Member of working group „Re-Thinking The Transatlantic Agenda“, joint project by ZEI and JHU Center for Transatlantic Relations.
Former board member:
Latvian Transatlantic Organization, 2000-2002;
Soros Foundation–Latvia, Judicial Committee, 1998-2000;
Latvian Foreign Policy Society, 1994-2000;
Chairman, Latvian Popular Front in Sweden, 1989 -1992;
Council Member of Latvian Popular Front, 1991 –1992.
Awards:
Foreign member, The Royal Academy of War Sciences, 1995;
Latvian MoD “Atzinības Goda Zīme” (Medal of Honorable Merit), 2000;
Latvian MFA “Atzinības raksts” (Diploma of Merit), 2001;
Latvian MoD „Goda raksts“ (Order of Merit), 2003;
Latvian Academy of Sciences Honorary Doctor of Political Science, 2004;
The Three-Star Order, IV Class (Officer), 2007.
