Mārtiņš Bondars

Mārtiņš Bondars (born 31 December 1971)^[1] is a Latvian financier and politician. He has been a member of the Latvian parliament since 2014. Bondars previously served as chief of staff to then President of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga^[2] and chairman of the Latvijas Krājbanka board (until 2009).^[3]

Mārtiņš Bondars
Mārtiņš Bondars in 2014
Member of the 12th Saeima
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Personal details
Born	(1971-12-31) December 31, 1971 (age 53)
Nationality	Latvian
Political party	TB/LNNK (2000-2002) Latvian Association of Regions (2014-2017) For Latvia's Development (since 2018)
Spouse	Ieva Bondare
Alma mater	University of Latvia (1991–1993) Lakeland College (1994–1996) Harvard University (2011)

He was the leader of the Latvian Association of Regions and a member of its constituent party, the Regional Alliance. He participated in the Latvian presidential elections in 2015 as the nominee of his alliance.^[2] On July 28, 2017 he quit his post as the head of the Regional Alliance, protesting the party's decision to support Inguna Sudraba as head of the recently established parliamentary committee investigating the so-called "oligarch transcripts".^[4] On December 18 Bondars also left the alliance.^[5][6] In 2018, he joined their former allies during the 2017 Riga City Council elections, the party For Latvia's Development.^[7]