Andrejs Svilāns
Andrejs Svilāns | |
|---|---|
| Member of the 14th Saeima | |
| Assumed office 15 December 2022 | |
| President | Egils Levits Edgars Rinkēvičs |
| Premier | Krišjānis Kariņš Evika Siliņa |
| Director General of the Nature Conservation Agency | |
| In office 1 November 2019 – 15 January 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Jānis Jātnieks |
| Director of the National Botanic Garden | |
| In office 2006 – 1 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ģederts Ieviņš |
| Succeeded by | Artis Vītiņš |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 June 1968 |
| Political party | Latvian Green Party |
| Education | University of Latvia |
| Occupation | Politician, dendrologist |
Andrejs Svilāns (born 15 June 1968) is a Latvian biologist specialising in dendrology and a politician. He has also worked as a radio journalist. Currently a member of the 14th Saeima, he has been a member of the Salaspils Municipal Council for several terms. He is known as the long-time head of the National Botanical Garden and Director General of the Nature Conservation Agency.