Edgars Zalāns Explained

Birth Date:3 September 1967
Birth Place:Kuldīga, Latvian SSR
Alma Mater:Riga Technical University
Spouse:Diāna Zalāne

Edgars Zalāns (born 3 September 1967) is a Latvian politician and architect. He was Minister of Regional Development and Local Governments of Latvia from 8 November 2007 to 17 March 2010.

Biography

Zalāns graduated from Riga Technical University in 1992, obtaining a diploma of architecture followed by a post-graduate certificate in Planning from the University of Queensland in 1994.[1] From 1992 until 1994 he was a key architect in the Kuldīga district. For several years he worked as the district council and Kuldīga City Hall. During the period from 2001 until 2007 he was a member of the Kuldīga City Council. In 2007 Edgars Zalāns became the Minister of Regional Development, a post he held until 2010.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Congress on Information Technology - Speaker profile . 26 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306233912/http://www.wcit2010.com/speakers/195/Edgars%20%20Zalans . 6 March 2012 .