of St. Olav (Norway, 2000) Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland with Collar (Finland, 2001) Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (Lithuania, 2001) Grand Cross special class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany, 2003) Grand Collar of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique (Portugal, 12 August 2003) Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland, 2003) Knight Grand Cross with Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy, 2004) Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain, 2004) Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2005) Collar of the Order of the White Star (Estonia, 2005) Member of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (Sweden, 2005) Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (United Kingdom, 2006) Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau (Luxembourg, 2006) Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum (Japan, 2007) Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (Belgium) (Belgium, 2007) Global Women's Leadership Award, Global Summit of Women (Berlin, Germany, 2007) The Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom (2011) Dostlug Order (Azerbaijan, 2015) Four biographies about President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga have been published (in Latvian, English, French, Finnish, Italian, Russian and Spanish), and a full-length documentary film The Threefold Sun in 2008. Family and personal life Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga is married to Imants Freibergs, formerly a professor of computer sciences at the University of Quebec at Montreal. He was the President of the Latvian Information and Communications Technology Association (LIKTA) while his wife was President of Latvia. The couple met at the Latvian Students Club in Toronto. They have two children, Kārlis and Indra. Dr. Vīķe-Freiberga and Dr. I. Freibergs have founded a company “VVF Consulting” that offers consulting services to public and private organizations. Selected works See also List of presidents of Latvia References Further reading Torild Skard (2014) 'Vaira Vike-Freiberga' "Women of power - half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide", Bristol: Policy Press External links Website of Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga on Official website of the Chancery of the President of Latvia Cosmopolis interview with President Vike-Freiberga A Campaign of the World Federalist Movement Site in support of her candidature to head the European Council |- 1937 births Women presidents Latvian World War II refugees Latvian women writers Living people McGill University Faculty