H.E. Mr. Atis Sjanīts

Date of birth:

12 October 1964

Place of birth:

Liepāja district, Latvia

Nationality:

Latvian

Marital status:

Single

August 2007 - present

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to Ukraine

February 2003 to August 2007

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to Canada

September 2000 to October 2002

International Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia

1999 to October 2002

Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Malta

1998 to October 2002

Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Holy See

1996 to 2000

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Republic of Lithuania

1992 to 1996

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia:

Head of International Law Division;

Director of Legal Department;

Undersecretary of State for Legal and Consular Affairs

1989 - 1992

University of Latvia lecturer

1996

The Hague Conference on International Private Law, The Hague

1995

Legal Committee of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg

1995

Seminar on the Legislation of the EU, London

1994

UNIDROIT, Rome

1992 - 1993

University of Vienna - International Relations Studies

1991

Max-Plank Institute for Foreign and International Law, Hamburg

1982 - 1989

University of Latvia, Law Faculty

Decorations:

Order of the Grand Duke Gediminas (Lithuania)

Order of St. Gregor Magni (Holy See)

Order for Merits (France)

Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, the 5-th grade (Ukraine, 25 June 2008)

Grand Official Cross (Malta, 14 November 2008)

Position Held:

Arbitrator from Latvia to the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE and to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague

Languages:

Latvian, English, French, German, Lithuanian, Russian, Ukrainian