Ingrīda Circene | |
Office: | Minister for Health of Latvia |
Term Start: | 25 October 2011 |
Term End: | 14 July 2014 |
Primeminister: | Valdis Dombrovskis Laimdota Straujuma |
Predecessor: | Juris Bārzdiņš |
Successor: | Guntis Belēvičs |
Term Start2: | 10 April 2003 |
Term End2: | 9 March 2004 |
Primeminister2: | Einars Repše |
Predecessor2: | Āris Auders |
Successor2: | Rinalds Muciņš |
Birth Date: | 6 December 1956 |
Birth Place: | Rīga, Latvian SSR |
Nationality: | Latvian |
Party: | Unity (2011—) |
Otherparty: | New Era Party (2002-2011) |
Alma Mater: | Riga Medical Institute |
Ingrīda Circene (born 6 December 1956 in Rīga) is a Latvian politician, who served as the Minister for Health of Latvia. She is a member of Unity.
Ingrīda Circene has been member of the Council of Aizpute. In 2002 she joined New Era Party and became a member of the 8th Saeima. After the resignation of Āris Auders, Circene became the Minister for Health of Latvia on 10 April 2003, being in office until government resignation on 9 March 2004. In 2006 and 2010 she became a member of respectively the 9th and 10th Saeima. Circene was appointed Minister for Health of Latvia on 25 October 2011.[1] She resigned in 2014 due to political pressure.