Andris Šķēle [SEP] place of birth
Andris Šķēle
Andris Šķēle (born 16 January 1958 in Ape) is a former Latvian politician and business oligarch. He served two terms as Prime Minister of Latvia from 21 December 1995 to 7 August 1997, and from 16 July 1999 to 5 May 2000.
Early life.
Šķēle graduated from the Latvian Agriculture Academy. He began to work in the Government in 1990, when he became the first secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture. In 1993 Šķēle briefly became the acting Minister of Agriculture. In 1994, he
Accusations against Andris Šķēle.
Throughout late 1995 to early 1996, Ādamsons accused then Prime Minister Andris Šķēle of provoking unrest with border and custom officials by deliberately and illegally sending through fake smugglers. He also accused Andris of embezzling 'foreign credits', and of deliberately bankrupting state-run industries in the interest of privatizing the personally profiting from them. Ādamsons was himself investigated to see whether or not this constituted slander. The Prosecutor General's office declined to prosecute either, finding no illegalities in their past behaviour.
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