List of ambassadors of Latvia to China

The Latvian ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Riga to the Government of the People's Republic of China.

Ambassador of Latvia to the People's Republic of China
Incumbent Māris Selga since February 29, 2016
Inaugural holder	Einars Semanis
Formation	2000

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation	ambassador	Observations	President of Latvia	Premier of the People's Republic of China	Term end
2000	Einars Semanis	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). [1]	Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga	Zhu Rongji
2004	Jānis Lovniks	(* March 14, 1954 in Riga † January 6, 2009)[2]	Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga	Wen Jiabao	2008
January 16, 2009	Ingrīda Levrence	[3]	Valdis Zatlers	Wen Jiabao	February 29, 2016
February 29, 2016	Māris Selga	Māris Selga replaces Ingrīda Levrence[4]	Raimonds Vējonis	Li Keqiang

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References

1. Einars Semanis
2. Jānis Lovniks
3. Ingrīda Levrence
4. Māris Selga