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Liepāja Party
The Liepāja Party ( lv, Liepājas Partija) is a localist political party in Latvia. It operates in the city of Liepāja, where its chairman, Uldis Sesks, was mayor from 1997 to 2018. The party has an agreement with the Union of Greens and Farmers allowing party members to be elected in the Saeima, including current members Māris Kučinskis (former Prime Minister of Latvia), Valdis Skujiņš and Aija Barča Aija Barča (born 26 October 1949) is a Latvian pedagogue and politician and a Deputy of the Saeima in 1998-2002 and since 2006. She was elected from the social democratic list in the 7th Saeima, from People's Party in the 9th and from the .... Election results Legislative elections References External linksOfficial website Political parties in Latvia 2004 establishments in Latvia Political parties established in 2004 Centrist parties in Latvia {{Latvia-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uldis Sesks
Uldis Sesks (born April 18, 1962, in Liepāja), is a former mayor of Liepāja, Latvia and a businessman and former auto racer. Career Sesks is the Chairman of the Liepāja Special Economic Zone Authority, the Liepāja Party, the Liepāja Development Fund and a member of the Rotary Club. He studied at Liepāja School № 6. Sesks graduated from the Latvian Academy of Agriculture in Jelgava with a degree in mechanical engineering. From 1986-1987, he was chief of the transport department of the kolkhoz ''Zelta zvaigzne'' (Golden Star). From 1987-1992, he was the vice-president of the board of the kolkhoz ''Zieds'' (Flower) in Vecpils. He improved his knowledge of entrepreneurship in Germany within a cooperation project with the North Rhine-Westphalia Chamber of Commerce. In the 1980s, he was active in autosports. At the beginning of the 1990s, he established a private company "Autocentrs", which was later reorganized into "SD Autocentrs" and became the dealership of Volksw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Latvian Parliamentary Election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 17 September 2011, following the country's first parliamentary dissolution referendum held on 23 July 2011. The previous parliamentary election was only held in October 2010. The elections resulted in Harmony Centre winning the most seats, up two to 31. This was the first time a pro-Russian party had won the most seats in a Latvian election. Unity, previously the largest party, fell to third, with 20 seats, behind the newly formed Zatlers' Reform Party, led by ex-President Valdis Zatlers, who had triggered the dissolution referendum in May. The right-wing National Alliance gained six seats to 14. Both the Union of Greens and Farmers and Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way lost heavily, with the latter falling out of the Saeima altogether. Zatlers and incumbent Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis soon agreed to form a coalition. Needing nine further seats to give them a majority allowed three possible coalitions – with Harmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Establishments In Latvia
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Political Parties In Latvia
This is a list of political parties in Latvia. Latvia has a multi-party system, where no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. The parties Major parties Parties represented in the Saeima or the European Parliament. Minor and regional parties * Action Party (''Rīcības partija'') *Awakening (''Atmoda'') ** Awakening for Latvia (''Atmoda Latvijai'', formerly For Latvia from the Heart, ''NSL'') ** Christian Democratic Union (''Kristīgi Demokrātiskā Savienība'', KDS) * Centre Party (''Centra partija'') * For Each and Every One (''Katram un katrai'', KuK) * For a Humane Latvia (''Par cilvēcīgu Latviju'', PCL) *For Latvia and Ventspils (''Latvijai un Ventspilij'', LuV) – nationally allied with the Union of Greens and Farmers *Force of People's Power (''Tautas Varas Spēks'', TVS) * Growth (''Izaugsme'') – part of Development/For! * (''Tēvzemes mantojums'', TM) * Honor to serve Riga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Association Of Regions
The Latvian Association of Regions or Latvian Regional Alliance ( lv, Latvijas Reģionu apvienība, LRA) is a centrist political party in Latvia. It was founded as an alliance on 13 March 2014 and is headed by former Unity MP Edvards Smiltēns. History The alliance won 8 seats in the Saeima at the 2014 parliamentary election. It contested the elections as a political alliance of several smaller regionalist parties, including the , the LSDSP, the Christian Democratic Union and the . The first leader of the LRA was Mārtiņš Bondars until stepping down and leaving the alliance in 2017, after which he was succeeded by Nellija Kleinberga. In the lead up to the 2018 elections, the LSDSP and the Christian Democrats left the alliance, which eventually fell just short of the 5% barrier at the polls. An even closer result came in the 2019 European Parliament elections, where the LRA lacked 0.02 percent to reach the minimum threshold of votes needed for gaining a seat. On 22 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United List (Latvia)
The United List ( lv, Apvienotais saraksts; AS) is a centrist and regionalist political alliance in Latvia established to contest the 2022 parliamentary election. The list consists of the Latvian Green Party, the Latvian Association of Regions, the Liepāja Party, as well as the "United List of Latvia" () association led by Liepāja construction contractor Uldis Pīlēns. The list was founded on 1 July 2022. Later, LRA and LZP leaders Edvards Smiltēns and Edgars Tavars became the co-chairmen of the board of the association, and Uldis Pīlēns was named as the prime minister candidate. The interim name of the ticket, in the works since May 2022, was reported as the "United List of Latvia" or the "Latvia United List" () – previously, "Power of Regions" (''Reģionu spēks'') was suggested). The NGO led by Pīlēns scheduled its founding event for 1 July and announced that it would be called ''Apvienotais Latvijas saraksts''. Pīlēns was announced as the alliance's candidate fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Latvia And Ventspils
For Latvia and Ventspils ( lv, Latvijai un Ventspilij, LuV) is a regionalist political party in Latvia that mainly operates as a localist party in Ventspils. It is mostly known for its chairman, Aivars Lembergs, who has been mayor of Ventspils between 1988 until his arrest in 2021. In 2006, the party signed an agreement with the Union of Greens and Farmers The Union of Greens and Farmers ( lv, Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība, ZZS) is an agrarian political alliance in Latvia. It is made up of the Latvian Farmers' Union, Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party, and For Latvia and Ventspils. It is p ... to allow members of For Latvia and Ventspils to be elected to the Saeima, including the former speaker of the parliament Gundars Daudze, and current members Dana Reizniece-Ozola and Jānis Vucāns. Since then, Lembergs has been named as a candidate for the position of the prime minister many times. Electoral results Ventspils local elections Legislative elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Green Party
The Latvian Green Party ( lv, Latvijas Zaļā partija, LZP) is a green political party in Latvia. It was founded in 1990. It was a member of the European Green Party from 2003 until its expulsion in 2019. It is positioned in the Centrism, centre and leans towards the Centre-right politics, centre-right on the political spectrum,Foreign Broadcast Information Service, FIBS Report: Central Eurasia, 1993, p. 107. and it supports Social conservatism, socially conservative views. The party held the world's first prime minister affiliated to a green party with Indulis Emsis who in 2004 briefly served as Prime Minister of Latvia, and the world's first head of state as party member Raimonds Vējonis served as President of Latvia between 2015 and 2019. History The Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia elected in 1990 contained seven Green delegates. After the Constitution of Latvia was restored, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the election of the 5th Saeima (1993-1995) ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Farmers' Union
The Latvian Farmers' Union ( lv, Latvijas Zemnieku savienība, LZS) is an agrarian political party in Latvia. Initially formed in 1917 during the period of Latvian War of Independence, it was banned in 1934. It was re-established in 1990. It is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum and it has expressed conservative and nationalistic rhetoric. Since 2002, the party has been a part of the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS), together with the Latvian Green Party. It was formerly a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. History Founded in 1917, the party was the most influential conservative party in Latvia in the period from Independence in 1918 until the self-coup led by Kārlis Ulmanis in 1934, and the second most popular party overall after the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party. Ulmanis, who was a member of the party, banned all political parties after his coup including the LZS. As Latvia was subsequently occupied during the course of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Kariņš Cabinet
The second Krišjānis Kariņš' cabinet (Latvian language, Latvian: ''Kariņa 2. ministru kabinets'') is the 41st and current Government of Latvia, government of Latvia, sworn in on 14 December 2022 after Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Krišjānis Kariņš was proposed as Prime Minister of Latvia, Prime Minister by President of Latvia, President Egils Levits and elected by the Saeima. The government is a coalition between New Unity, National Alliance (Latvia), National Alliance, and United List (Latvia), United List. Composition References {{DEFAULTSORT:Karins II cabinet Government of Latvia 2022 establishments in Latvia Cabinets established in 2022 Current governments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Latvian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 1 October 2022, following the end of the term of the 13th Saeima elected in 2018. Electoral system The 100 members of the Saeima are elected by open list, proportional representation from five multi-member constituencies ranging in size from 12 to 36 seats and based on the regions of Latvia, with overseas votes included in the Riga constituency. Seats are allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method with a national electoral threshold of 5%. Voters may cast "specific votes" for candidates on the list that they have voted for. This involves drawing a plus sign (+) next to the candidate's names to indicate preference (positive votes), or by crossing out names to indicate dissaproval (negative votes). The number of votes for each candidate is the number of votes cast for the list, plus their number of positive votes, minus their number of negative votes. The candidates with the highest vote totals fill their party's seats. Seat redistribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Latvian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 6 October 2018. Following the elections, a coalition government was formed by Who owns the state?, the New Conservative Party, Development/For!, the National Alliance and New Unity. Despite being from the smallest elected party, Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš of New Unity was chosen as Prime Minister. Background The 2014 elections saw Social Democratic Party "Harmony" emerge as the largest party. Although the largest party, Harmony has not participated in the government. A coalition was formed by Unity, the Union of Greens and Farmers and the National Alliance with Laimdota Straujuma as Prime Minister. On 7 December 2015 she resigned after increasing tensions within the ruling coalition. Following her resignation and several scandals around the Unity leader Solvita Āboltiņa, opinion polls showed a rapid decrease of support for Unity. On 13 January 2016 Māris Kučinskis of the Union of Greens and Farmers was nominated to be the next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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