Vita Anda Tērauda (born 19 May 1962) is a Latvian politician elected to the 13th Saeima. Born in the United States, she worked as a radio journalist for Voice of America in Washington, D.C. from 1984 to 1988. Moving to Latvia after the reestablishment of independence in 1991, Tērauda served as Minister for National Reform in the cabinet of Prime Minister Māris Gailis from 1994 to 1995. She is a member of the Development/For! alliance and chairs the European Affairs Committee in the current Saeima.

In 1983, Tērauda received a bachelor's degree in international relations from American University. In 1990, she earned a master's degree in international economics and Soviet politics at Johns Hopkins University.

Vita Anda Tērauda

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1962 births

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Movement For! politicians

Government ministers of Latvia

21st-century Latvian women politicians

Deputies of the 13th Saeima

American women journalists

Women government ministers of Latvia

Women deputies of the Saeima

American University alumni

Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies alumni

21st-century American women

Vita Anda Tērauda