'''Indulis Emsis''' (born January_2, 1952) is a biologist and Latvian politician who was Prime_Minister of Latvia.
Indulis Emsis is a graduate of University_of_Latvia with a degree in Biology, received in 1975. In 1986, he received Ph.D., also in biology. Until 1990, he worked as a research scientist in Environmental_science.
In 1990, he became one of founders of Latvian_Green_Party and served as Minister for the environment in the 1990s, working especially for a clean Baltic_Sea. He is currently one of the three chairpersons of the Latvian_Green_Party, which forms a part of The_Greens_and_Rustics_union.
On March_9, 2004, he became the prime minister of Latvia, leading a right-center Minority_government consisting of The Greens and Rustics union, Latvia_First_Party and Latvian People's Party. For most of time, the government was also supported by the leftist National_Harmony_Party.
Emsis was the first member of a Green_Party to become Prime Minister of a country. On October_28, 2004, the government fell as the Saeima voted 39:53 against the government's budget proposal for the year 2005. He left office on 2004-12-02, when Parliament confirmed Aigars_Kalvitis of the People's Party as Prime Minister.
Emsis' political views are described as rather conservative, unusual for members of green parties around the world.
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