Mārtiņš Bondars, Date of Birth

Mārtiņš Bondars

Latvian politician and basketball player

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1971

Profession: politician, basketball player

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Martinš Bondars (born 31 December 1971) is a Latvian financier, politician, and former basketball player.
He has been member of the Latvian parliament since 2014.
Bondars previously served as chief of staff to then President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga and chairman of the Latvijas Krajbanka board (until 2009).He was the leader of the Latvian Association of Regions and a member of its constituent party, the Regional Alliance.
He participated in the Latvian election for President in 2015 as the nominee of his alliance.
On July 28, 2017 he quit his post as the head of the Regional Alliance, protesting the party's decision to support Inguna Sudraba as head of the recently established parliamentary committee investigating the so-called "oligarch transcripts".
On December 18 Bondars also left the alliance.
In 2018, he joined their former allies during the 2017 Riga City Council elections, the party For Latvia's Development.