Aivars Puriņš
State Secretary
Education
2007
Higher Management Course at the Baltic Defence College in Tartu, Estonia
2001
Master of Science in Global Security, Cranfield University, UK
2000
Master of Social Sciences in Economics, University of Latvia
Experience
2023–2024
National Security Adviser to the President of Latvia, Secretary of the National Security Council
2019–2023
Representative of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia to NATO/EU
2015–2019
Deputy State Secretary for Logistics and Support, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia
2014–2015
Director of the Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
2014–2015
Director of the Department for Defence Planning and Analysis, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia
2007–2008
Lecturer at the Baltic Defence College in Tartu, Estonia
2003–2007
Representative of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia to NATO resources issues
2002–2003
Head of Unit, Department of Plans and NATO Integration, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia
2000–2001
Senior referent, Department of Plans and NATO Integration, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia
1997–2000
Work in banks and leasing companies