What is Valdis Zatlers?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Valdis Zatlers |image = Valdis Zatlers in 2011.jpg |order = [[President of Latvia|7th]] |office = President of Latvia |primeminister = [[Aigars Kalvītis]]<br />[[Ivars Godmanis]]<br />[[Valdis Dombrovskis]] |term_start = 8 July 2007 |term_end = 8 July 2011 |predecessor = [[Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga]] |successor = [[Andris Bērziņš (Latvian President)|Andris Bērziņš]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|03|22|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Riga]], [[Latvia]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] {{small|(Before 2011)}}<br />[[Zatlers' Reform Party|Reform Party]] {{small|(2011–present)}} |spouse = Lilita Zatlere |children = Kārlis<br />Agnese |alma_mater = [[Riga Stradiņš University]] |signature = Valdis Zatlers signature.svg }} '''Valdis Zatlers''' (born 22 March 1955) is a [[Latvian people|Latvian]] politician. He was the seventh [[President of Latvia]] from 2007 to 2011. He won the [[2007 Latvian presidential election|Latvian presidential election]] of 31 May 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title= Latvia elects doctor as president |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6707233.stm |publisher=BBC News |date= 31 May 2007 |access-date=1 June 2007 }}</ref> He became [[President of Latvia]] on 8 July 2007<ref>{{cite news |title=Unknown surgeon elected president |url=http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/18004/ |publisher=The Baltic Times |date=6 June 2007 |access-date=12 June 2007}}</ref> and left office on 7 July 2011 after failing to win reelection for a second term. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zalters, Valdis}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Presidents of Latvia]] {{bio-stub}}