Roberts Ķīlis (14 March 1968 – 18 March 2022)[1] was a Latvian politician and social anthropologist who served as Minister for Education and Science of Latvia.

Ķīlis received a bachelor's degree from the University of Latvia (1991) in philosophy and a doctor's degree from Cambridge University (1999) in social anthropology.

From 1994 onward he was an associate professor at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.

Ķīlis was appointed Minister for Education and Science of Latvia in October 2011.

[2] Due to health problems, he resigned from office in April 2013.