Curriculum Vitae
Executive State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice
Mihails Papsujevičs
EDUCATION:
1998 - 2003 - Latvian Police Academy, Public Law Department, Bachelor's degree in social sciences/ professional Master's degree/ qualification as a lawyer
WORK EXPERIENCE :
November 2013 – December 2021 - State Probation Service, Head of State Probation Service
March 2014 - June 2014 - Penal Reform International (PRI) Central Asia Office, International expert on probation
July 2011 - November 2012 - State Probation Service, Head of the Department of Supervision and Probation Programmes of the State Probation Service - Deputy Head of the Service
November 2011 - UNODC Programme Office in Kyrgyz Republic, Expert in the field of probation, UNODC Programme Office and European Union co-funded project “Reform of the Prison System in Kyrgyzstan”
April 2011 - September 2011 - State Probation Service, Project coordinator, State Probation Service and UNODC project “Motivational interviewing with drug users - skills training for State Probation Service and police officers”
May 2005 - July 2011 - State Probation Service, Head of the Supervision Division of the State Probation Service
March 2009 - February 2011 - State Probation Service, Project Manager, Norwegian Government Bilateral Financial Mechanism co-financed project “Strengthening the capacity of Latvian probation and prison system staff”
August 2009 - February 2010 - EU-funded project “Support for judicial reform in the Kyrgyz Republic” implemented by GTZ, International short-term expert on probation
July 2004 - May 2005 - State Probation Service, Head of the Bauska Territorial Unit of the State Probation Service
January 1999 - July 2004 - Riga Municipal Police, Ziemeļu District Administration, Public Order Protection Division, Senior Inspector
LANGUAGE SKILLS :
Latvian – native, English – good command, Russian – fluent, German - basic knowledge