page_title: List of ambassadors of Latvia to China
section_title: List of representatives
hierarchical_section_title: List of ambassadors of Latvia to China / List of representatives
caption_attribution_description: Latviešu: Einars Semanis
context_page_description: The Latvian ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Riga to the Government of the People's Republic of China.
caption: Einars Semanis (* 9 November 1957) is a Latvian diplomat and political scientist.  *From 1975 to 1980 he studied at the Latvian University. *From 1981 to 1984 he received his doctorate at the University of Moscow. *From 1990 to 1992 he studied at the University of Oslo. *From 1980 to 1981 he worked as a lecturer at Latvian University. *From 1985 to 1987 taught at the Political Education House. *From 1987 to 1993 he was head of Department of Latvian University. *From 1999 to 2004 he was ambassador in Beijing. *From 2005 to 2009 he was ambassador in Helsinki in Finland. *From 2009 to 2013 he was ambassador in Warsaw, (Poland) and concurrent non-resident to the Holy See, in 2010 he was accredited non resident ambassador to Sofia Bulgaria and Bucharest (Romania).
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