Ivars Godmanis

Ivars Godmanis
Ivars Godmanis
	Official portrait, 2008
10th Prime Minister of Latvia
	In office; 20 December 2007 – 12 March 2009
President	Valdis Zatlers
Preceded by	Aigars Kalvītis
Succeeded by	Valdis Dombrovskis
	In office; 7 May 1990[nb] – 3 August 1993
President	Anatolijs Gorbunovs (Acting); Guntis Ulmanis
Preceded by	Vilnis Edvīns Bresis
Succeeded by	Valdis Birkavs
Personal details
Born	27 November 1951; Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Party	Popular Front of Latvia (1988–1993); Latvian Way (1997–2007); Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way (2007–2011);
Alma mater	University of Latvia
	n.b. ^ As Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Ivars Godmanis (born 27 November 1951) is a Latvian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Latvia from 1990 to 1993 and again from 2007 to 2009. He was the first prime minister of Latvia after the country restored its independence from the Soviet Union.