In 1995, after the parliamentary elections of 6th Saeima political parties were incapable of creating a coalition government for a while, thus Šķēle was presented as an independent candidate for the position of the Prime Minister.
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In 1998, before the parliamentary elections of 7th Saeima, Tautas partija with Šķēle as its chairman was founded.
In 1998 he was elected to 7th Saeima and was interior minister in first in Andris Šķēle and later in Andris Bērziņš cabinet in 1999-2002.
He served as the State Secretary for International Trade and Financial Institutions under Prime Ministers Vilis Krištopans, Andris Šķēle, and Andris Bērziņš.
Andris Šķēle | Andris Piebalgs | Andris Liepa | Andris Biedriņš |