Name
Janis Karklins

Born
25-12-1962, Riga, Latvia

Education
1969-1980: Secondary School Nr.39, Riga, Latvia
1980-1985: Riga Technical University, Faculty of Radio engineering, Riga, Latvia
1992: Training Program for Eastern European diplomats, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA

• Past affiliations
  1991-1992: Chief of Administration, Department of Foreign Economic Relations, Riga, Latvia
  1992- until present: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia
  1992-1993 Undersecretary of State
  1993-1995 Counselor, Embassy of Latvia to Finland
  1995-1998 Counselor, Embassy of Latvia to France
  1998-2000 Undersecretary of State
  2000 - Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Latvia to the UN Office at Geneva

• Other
  2002:
  Vice-chair of the working Group of Constitutional Reform of the WIPO
  
  2002-2003:
  Vice-president of the Preparatory Committee of the World Summit of Information Society;
  First Vice-Chairman of the Council of the International Organization for Migration
  
  2003:
  Chairman of the Council of the International Organization for Migration

• Language skills
  Latvian – mother tongue
  English – proficient
  Russian – proficient
  French - good