What is Raimonds Vējonis?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Raimonds Vējonis |image = Raimonds Vejonis 2019 (cropped).jpg |office = 9th [[President of Latvia]] |primeminister = [[Laimdota Straujuma]]<br />[[Māris Kučinskis]]<br />[[Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš]] |term_start = 8 July 2015 |term_end = 8 July 2019 |predecessor = [[Andris Bērziņš (Latvian President)|Andris Bērziņš]] |successor = [[Egils Levits]] |office1 = [[List of Ministers of Defence of Latvia|Minister of Defence]] |primeminister1 = [[Valdis Dombrovskis]]<br />[[Laimdota Straujuma]] |term_start1 = 22 January 2014 |term_end1 = 7 July 2015 |predecessor1 = [[Artis Pabriks]] |successor1 = [[Raimonds Bergmanis]] |office2 = Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development |primeminister2 = [[Einars Repše]]<br />[[Indulis Emsis]]<br />[[Aigars Kalvītis]]<br />[[Ivars Godmanis]]<br />[[Valdis Dombrovskis]] |term_start2 = 7 November 2002 |term_end2 = 25 October 2011 |predecessor2 = [[Vladimirs Makarovs]] |successor2 = [[Edmunds Sprūdžs]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|6|15|df=y}} |birth_place = Nikonovo, [[Pskov Oblast]], [[Soviet Union]] {{small|(now [[Russia]])}} |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Latvian Green Party|Green Party]] |spouse = Iveta Vējone |alma_mater = [[University of Latvia]] }} '''Raimonds Vējonis''' (born 15 June 1966) is a Latvian politician. He was the 9th [[President of Latvia]] from 2015 to 2019. He is a member of the [[Latvian Green Party|Green Party]], part of the [[Union of Greens and Farmers]]. == Career == He was Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development in 2002 and in 2011 and as Minister of the Environment from 2003 to 2011, while the Ministry of Regional Development was a separate department. He became [[Minister of Defence of Latvia]] in 2014 and held that office until becoming President in 2015. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mk.gov.lv/en/mk/sastavs/vejonis/ |title=The Cabinet of Minis