Dana Reizniece-Ozola

From 2006 to 2014, Reizniece-Ozola was Advisor to the Board, Board Member and Head of Ventspils High Technology Park. Before that, she was the Board Member of a research centre and industrial investment company. She has also worked at Ventspils City Council as the Head of the Investment Division.

Dana Reizniece-Ozola has studied International Business at Häme Polytechnic University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), Finland; law at the College of Law and linguistics at Ventspils University College in Latvia. She obtained a Professional master's degree in Translation and Terminology from Ventspils University College in Latvia and an Executive master's degree of Business Administration from the International Space University in France.

Dana Reizniece-Ozola has managed several projects related to satellite and space technologies, Project for the first Latvian Satellite "Venta-1" development at Ventspils High Technology Park being one of them. She is twofold European Junior Chess Champion and World Junior Chess Champion and holds the title of Woman Grandmaster.

She won the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001. In 1998 and 1999 she won the European Girls Under-18 Chess Championship. Her current rating is 2292.

In the 4th round of the 42nd Chess Olympiad in 2016, Reizniece-Ozola defeated Women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan.[3]

Dana Reizniece-Ozola played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:[4]

• In 1998, at first board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+6 −2 =5);
• In 2000, at first board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+6 −2 =5);
• In 2004, at first board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia (+6 −5 =0);
• In 2006, at first board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+5 −2 =4);
• In 2010, at first board in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (+1 −6 =2);
• In 2012, at first board in the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+6 -3 =1);[5]
• In 2014, at first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+1 -5 =4);
• In 2016, at first board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+5 -3 =2).

Dana Reizniece-Ozola played for Latvia in the European Team Chess Championship (women):[6]

• In 1999, at first board in 3rd European Team Chess Championship (women) in Batumi (+5 −4 =0);
• In 2001, at first board in 4th European Team Chess Championship (women) in León (+1 −4 =2);
• In 2011, at first board in 18th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Porto Carras (+4 −3 =2);[7]
• In 2015, at first board in 20th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Reykjavik (+2 −3 =4),
• In 2019, at first board in the 22nd European Team Chess Championship (women) in Batumi (+3, =2, -4).[8]

Dana Reizniece-Ozola served as Minister of Finance from 2016 until 2019.[1][9] She is a member of the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) and a deputy of the 10th,11th and 12th Saeima (Latvian Parliament) and has worked as the Chairperson of the Commission on Education, Culture and Science, as a Member of the Legal Affairs Commission and as a Member of the European Affairs Commission.[1] Within the ZZS she is a member of For Latvia and Ventspils.

In November 2017, Reizniece-Ozola submitted her formal application for succeeding Jeroen Dijsselbloem as the next chairman of the Eurogroup.[10] At the vote on December 4, she withdrew after the first round and Mário Centeno was eventually elected to the post.[11][12]

Reizniece-Ozola is married to Andris Ozols, director of the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia.

• Dana Reizniece-Ozola rating card at FIDE
• Dana Reizniece-Ozola player profile at chessgames.com
• Dana Reizniece-Ozola player profile at 365chess.com
• Dana Reizniece-Ozola player profile at chesstempo.com