After the restoration of the independence of Latvia he worked in the Ministry of Finance [lv], the Privatisation Agency, municipal supply company Rīgas ūdens and various other private, municipal and state agencies and enterprises.

Burovs first entered politics in 2001 when he unsuccessfully ran in the Riga City Council elections that year as a member of Latvian Way, which he left in 2004. at the same time Burovs served as the head of the Property Department (Real Estate Department) of Riga City Council first from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2017.

In 2013 and 2017, Burovs was elected to the City Council as a member of Honor to Serve Riga on the Social Democratic Party "Harmony" ticket, although he gave up his mandate both time to continue in leading his department.

When Deputy Mayor Andris Ameriks resigned in 2018, he was replaced by party colleague Burovs.

On 19 August Burovs was elected as the new Mayor of Riga, as which he served until the City Council was temporarily dissolved on 24 February 2020, by the Saeima and the President of Latvia after a request of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development [lv].