Reinis Pozņaks is a Latvian MEP for the 2024-2029 mandate, serving his first term in the European Parliament. He is member of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE), where he is one of the coordinators, and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO). He is a substitute member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and a full member of the Delegation to the EU-Ukrainian Parliamentary Association Committee (D-UA) and the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (DEPA).
Mr. Pozņaks is a car mechanic by training and worked in public relations and consulting. In 2022, he co-founded the Twitter Convoy, a Latvian initiative to donate cars to the Ukrainian people following Russia’s war of aggression. For this initiative, he was awarded the Order of the Three Stars, Latvia’s highest state decoration.
In 2024, he was elected to the European Parliament where he continues his support and advocacy for the Ukrainian people and for others who suffer from injustice. Mr. Pozņaks is also strongly involved in strengthening Europe’s security and defence through his work in the SEDE Committee.
Mr. Pozņaks is married and lives with his wife and children in Riga.
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