What is Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | image = Ministru prezidenta tikšanās ar eksprezidenti (4108711953).jpg | office = [[President of Latvia|6th President of Latvia]] | primeminister = [[Vilis Krištopans]]<br>[[Andris Šķēle]]<br>[[Andris Bērziņš (Latvian Prime Minister)|Andris Bērziņš]]<br>[[Einars Repše]]<br>[[Indulis Emsis]]<br>[[Aigars Kalvītis]] | term_start = 8 July 1999 | term_end = 8 July 2007 | predecessor = [[Guntis Ulmanis]] | successor = [[Valdis Zatlers]] | birth_name = Vaira Vīķe | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|12|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Riga]], [[Latvia]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] | spouse = Imants Freibergs | children = 2 | alma_mater = [[University of Toronto]]<br>[[McGill University]] | signature = Vaira Vike Freiberga signature.svg | honorific_prefix = [[Excellency|Her Excellency]] | honorific_suffix = [[Order of Prince Henry|GColIH]] [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMRI]] [[Royal Order of the Seraphim|LSerafO]] }} '''Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga''' (born 1 December 1937) is a Latvian politician. She was the [[List of Presidents of Latvia|sixth]] [[President of Latvia]] and the first female President of [[Latvia]]. She was elected President of Latvia in 1999 and re-elected for the second term in 2003.<ref>{{in lang|en}} {{cite web |url = http://www.president.lv/pk/content/?cat_id=1891 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203356/http://www.president.lv/pk/content?cat_id=1891 |title = Curriculum vitae of Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (until 1999) |access-date = 2007-09-06 |publisher = Chancery of the President of Latvia |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2007-09-27}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vike-Freiberga, Vaira}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Presidents of Latvia]] [[Category:University of Toronto alumni]]