11 Facts About Ivars Ijabs

Ivars Ijabs was born on 17 November 1972 and is a Latvian political scientist and politician.

Ivars Ijabs is a lecturer and professor at the University of Latvia and holds a PhD in political science.

Ivars Ijabs played French horn in the Riga orchestra and the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra.

In 2007 Ivars Ijabs obtained a doctoral degree from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Latvia and became an associate professor at the university.

Ivars Ijabs was a philosophy and political science student at Reykjavik University, the University of Greifswald, University of Bremen, Humboldt University of Berlin and a Fulbright fellow at Rutgers University.

Ivars Ijabs is an author of several research articles and books.

Ivars Ijabs has been a leading researcher in multiple scientific projects.

Ivars Ijabs is a full member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Delegation for relations with the United States.

Ivars Ijabs is a substitute member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community, the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.

Ivars Ijabs is a member of the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology of the European Parliament, the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.

From 2014 to 2019 Ivars Ijabs was chairman of the Board of the Foundation for an Open Society DOTS.