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Code	DS/UK/7045
Name	Zarins; Karlis Reinholds (4 December 1879-29 April 1963); Latvian Ambassador, Consul General
Variations of Name	Karlis Reinholds Zarin, Charles Zarine
Dates	4 December 1879-29 April 1963
Gender	Male (cisgender)
Place of Birth/Origin	Ipiki parish, Latvia (born)
Biography	Karlis Reinholds Zarin was Envoy and Consul General of Latvia in the United Kingdom. Shortly before the Soviet occupation of Latvia, on 17 May 1940 the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers granted Envoy Zarin extraordinary powers. He was delegated to supervise the work of Latvia's representations abroad in time of war or other extraordinary circumstance. He served this role starting from the Soviet occupation in 1940 until his death in 1963. Since then, Arnolds Spekke and later Anatols Dinbergs represented Latvia as chargé d'affaires until restoration of independence in 1991.

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