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Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga

b. 1937 · 20th century

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga is a Latvian-Canadian psychologist and politician who was president of Latvia from 1999 to 2007, the first woman to hold the office. Born in Riga, she fled with her family in 1944 and built an academic career at the University of Montreal before returning to Latvia in 1998. During her presidency Latvia joined NATO and the European Union in 2004.

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vaira-vike-freiberga
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