Daniels Pavļuts

Prior to a career in politics, Pavļuts served as the head of corporate affairs at Swedbank AS in Riga, brand director for DDB Latvia, a member of the board at the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and a board member at ZENO Consulting.

From 2003 to 2006, Pavļuts held the office of State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture of Latvia. In 2001, he worked as an adviser to the Director of Management and Communication at the Latvian National Opera.{{Cite web |url=http://em.gov.lv/em/2nd/?lng=en&cat=30213 |title=Latvijas Republikas Ekonomikas Ministrija |access-date=2012-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202041854/http://www.em.gov.lv/em/2nd/?cat=30213&lng=en |archive-date=2012-02-02 |url-status=dead }}

On January 7, 2021, Pavļuts was elected new Minister for Health of Latvia, after the sitting minister, Ilze Viņķele had stepped down at Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš's request.{{Cite web|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/pavluts-confirmed-as-new-health-minister.a388080/|title=Pavļuts confirmed as new Health Minister|publisher=Public Broadcasting of Latvia|language=en|date=January 7, 2021|access-date=January 7, 2021}} During his tenure, he has overseen Latvia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although he was originally opposed to mandatory vaccination measures,{{Cite web|title=Health Minister against compulsory vaccination|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/latvian-health-minister-against-compulsory-vaccination.a409585/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=eng.lsm.lv|language=en}} in November 2021 Saeima passed a law allowing employers to dismiss employees who do not have a valid vaccination against or recovery from COVID-19.{{Cite web|title=Saeima adopts 'no Covid certificate, no job' law|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/employment/latvian-saeima-adopts-no-covid-certificate-no-job-law.a428804/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=eng.lsm.lv|language=en}}

On 16 September 2021, Pavļuts survived a vote of no confidence measure 50-34.{{Cite web|title=Health Minister Pavļuts survives no confidence vote|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/health-minister-pavluts-survives-no-confidence-vote.a421630/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=eng.lsm.lv|language=en}} Hours after announcing the possibility of an emergency mobilisation of the Latvian medical field on 26 October,{{Cite web|last=Gaidule|first=Sarmīte|date=2021-10-26|title=Varbūtēja darbinieku mobilizācija un papildu Covid-19 gultas – kā palielinās slimnīcu kapacitāti|url=https://www.delfi.lv/a/53716345|access-date=2021-11-10|website=delfi.lv|language=lv}} the Latvian Medical Association called for his resignation due to a perceived lack of communication and "unprofessional approach".{{Cite web|title=PM might decide on requiring Pavluts' resignation after meeting with Latvian Medical Association|url=https://www.baltictimes.com/pm_might_decide_on_requiring_pavluts__resignation_after_meeting_with_latvian_medical_association/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=baltictimes.com}} Pavļuts did not resign, but promised better cooperation with the medical field and clarified that emergency mobilisation was not currently imminent.{{Cite web|title=Pavļuts promises better cooperation with medical sector|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/pavluts-promises-better-cooperation-with-latvian-medical-sector.a427927/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=eng.lsm.lv|language=en}}

Pavļuts earned a Bachelor of Arts from Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in 1999, a post-graduate diploma in Cultural Management from City University London in 2000, and a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2007.

He speaks Latvian, Russian, English, French, and German.

Pavļuts was married with Linda Pavļuta from 2006 until 2018,{{Cite web|title=Apprecējies veselības ministrs Daniels Pavļuts|url=https://jauns.lv/raksts/izklaide/453043-apprecejies-veselibas-ministrs-daniels-pavluts|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Jauns.lv|language=lv}} with whom he has two sons.{{Cite web|title=Daniels Pavļuts izved sabiedrībā jaunu draudzeni|url=https://jauns.lv/raksts/izklaide/338930-daniels-pavluts-izved-sabiedriba-jaunu-draudzeni|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Jauns.lv|language=lv}} In 2021 he married Elīna Grīnhofa, with whom he has twins.{{Cite web|title=Veselības ministra Daniela Pavļuta ģimenē sagaidīts pieaugums|url=https://www.santa.lv/raksts/privatadzive/veselibas-ministra-daniela-pavluta-gimene-sagaidits-pieaugums-44230/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=www.santa.lv}} In addition to his political and business career, Pavļuts is known as a concert pianist.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120203230058/http://mk.gov.lv/lv/mk/sastavs/pavluts/ Cabinet profile]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120202041854/http://www.em.gov.lv/em/2nd/?cat=30213&lng=en Biography on the Ministry of Economics website]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XE-l-z0TLM The Importance of Learning. Learning What Exactly?: Daniels Pavļuts at TEDxRiga]

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