Aivars Aksenoks

Aivars Aksenoks (born May 24, 1961) is a Latvian politician. A founder of the right-wing New Era, Aksenoks has a degree in engineering from the Riga Technical University and was the director of State Road and Traffic Safety Agency from 1992–2002. He was also the Minister of Justice, serving from 2003–2004.[1] However, he is best known for being the mayor of Riga from March 29, 2005 to February 19, 2007.

Aivars Aksenoks
Mayor of Riga
In office
29 March 2005  19 February 2007
Prime MinisterAigars Kalvītis
Preceded byGundars Bojārs
Succeeded byJānis Birks
Personal details
Born (1961-05-24) 24 May 1961
Rīga, Latvian SSR
NationalityLatvian
Political partyCPSU
New Era
National Alliance
Alma materRiga Technical University

He moved from JL to For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK in 2008. Since 2009 Aksenoks is director of the Riga Motor Museum.

References

  1. "The Baltic Times: The quiet man behind the wild city". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
Preceded by
Gundars Bojārs
Mayor of Riga
2005–2007
Succeeded by
Jānis Birks


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