Nils Muižnieks

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1964 –

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Who is Nils Muižnieks?

Nils Muižnieks is a Latvian human rights activist and political scientist. Since 1 April 2012 he serves as Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, succeeding Thomas Hammarberg and Álvaro Gil-Robles.

Member of the Latvia's First Party, its co-chairman and one of its ministers in the Government.

Prior to his appointment as Commissioner for Human Rights, he held prominent posts such as Programme Direoctor at the Soros Foundation-Latvia, Director of the Advanced Social and Political Research Institute at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Latvia in Riga; Chairman of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance; Latvian minister responsible for social integration, anti-discrimination, minority rights, and civil society development; and Director of the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies - now Latvian Centre for Human Rights.

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Born
1964
Los Angeles
Education
  • Princeton University
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • The Webb Schools

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on July 23, 2013

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