Imants Viesturs Lieģis (born 30 April 1955) is a Latvian diplomat and politician.

[2] Lieģis was appointed to the defence ministry post in March 2009, as part of the new six-party coalition government headed by Valdis Dombrovskis.

[3] In 2010, he joined the Civic Union party and was elected to the Parliament, he was Chairman of the European Affairs Committee and Chairman of Delegation to the NATO PA until October 2011.

[citation needed] He is a board member of the European Leadership Network.

Trained in law, Lieģis worked as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of England and Wales from 1979 to 1991.