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Andris Piebalgs became the European Energy Commissioner in November 2004. Immediately prior, he headed the Cabinet of Latvian Commissioner Sandra Kalniete.

 

Ambassador Piebalgs started his diplomatic career in 1995, when he became Latvia’s Ambassador to Estonia. In 1998, he became the Latvian Ambassador to the European Union, and the Undersecretary of State for EU affairs at the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 

From 1990 until 1993, Ambassador Piebalgs was Minister of Education, following which he held the chairmanship of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Parliament of Latvia (Saeima). In 1994, he became Finance Minister of Latvia and he held this post for two years.