Uldis Sesks — a mayor of Liepāja

Liepaja

Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...

, Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

, businessman and former racer.

He is also the Chairman of Board in Liepaja Special Economic Zone

Liepaja Special Economic Zone

Liepāja Special Economic Zone - is a zone in Liepāja, Latvia with a lowered tax rates, compared to the rest of the territory of Latvia. Liepāja Special Economic zone was established in 1997 for a 20-year period with the aim of developing trade, industry, shipping and air traffic, as well as...

 Authority, Chairman of Board in "Liepājas partija" and Liepaja Development Fund, member of Rotary Club. He studied in 6th Liepaja school. Uldis Sesks graduated from the Latvian Academy of Agriculture in Jelgava

Jelgava

-Sports:The city's main football team, FK Jelgava, plays in the Latvian Higher League and won the 2009/2010 Latvian Football Cup.- Notable people :*August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein - linguist, folklorist, ethnographer...

 with a degree in mechanical engineering. In 1986-1987, he was chief of the transport department of kolhoz Zelta zvaigzne. In 1987-1992, he was the vice-president of board of kolhoz Zieds in Vecpils. He improved his knowledge of entrepreneurship in Germany within a cooperation project with the Nordrhein-Westfalen Chamber of Commerce.

In the 1980s, he was active in rally sport. In the beginning of the 1990s, he established a private company "Autocentrs", which was later reorganized into "SD Autocentrs" and became the dealer of Volkswagen

Volkswagen

Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...

 in Liepāja. He has sold his share of the company in 2004.

In 1997, Uldis Sesks was elected the Chairman of the Liepaja City Council and re-elected to this position in 2001 and 2005. At the end of 2004 together with confederates established a new party - "Liepajas partija".

Married, has daughters Baiba and Anete and son Mārtiņš Nikijs.