| Personal data |
| Surname | Khozias |
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| Name | Beola |
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| Patronym | Yankelevna |
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| Birth year | 1940 |
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| Birth month | 1 |
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| Birth day | 2 |
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| birth_place | Jēkabpils |
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Meierovics Gunārs (1920-2007)
| people |
| surname | Meierovics |
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| name | Gunārs |
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| birth_year | 1920 |
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| birth_month | 5 |
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| birth_day | 12 |
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| birth_place | Riga |
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| death_year | 2007 |
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| death_month | 2 |
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| death_day | 11 |
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| death_place | Riga |
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Meierovics Gunārs
(12 May 1920, Riga — 11 February 2007, Riga) — political figure.
In 1939 Gunārs Meierovics graduated from the Riga French Lycée, after which he received education in economics and engineering sciences. In 1948 he moved to Germany, and in 1950 to the United States. From 1951 to 1958 he worked at the U.S. Department of Defense.
He was one of the leaders of the Latvian émigré community and was actively involved in public life within Latvian society abroad. From 1955 to 1993 he was a member and chairman of the World Baltic Federation (established in 1961 on his initiative) and served as president of the Association of Free Latvians of the World.
From 1993 he was a deputy of the Saeima of Latvia. In 1993–1994 he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia as Minister for Baltic and Nordic Affairs.