Mārtiņš Kazāks

Mārtiņš Kazāks is a Latvian economist and the current governor of the central Bank of Latvia since December 2019.

Early life and education
Kazāks was born on September 19, 1973, in Liepāja. He finished his secondary education at Liepāja Rainis 6th Secondary School. In 1995, he graduated from the University of Latvia with a bachelor's degree in economics.

In 1996, Kazāks received a degree in economics from the University of Cambridge. He received his master's degree in economics from the Queen Mary University of London in 1997, and a doctorate in economics in 2005.

Career
Kazāks was the chief economist of the Latvian branch of Hansabanka (now Swedbank) from 2005 to 2018. From 2018 to 2019, he was a member of the Council of the Bank of Latvia.

Other activities

 * European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), Ex-Officio Member of the General Board (since 2019)