Daiga Mieriņa (née Cekule; previously Jurēvica, born 3 March 1969) is a Latvian politician who has been serving as the Speaker of the Saeima since 20 September 2023.

Life

Born in

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, Mieriņa studied at the Bulduri Horticultural School. She received her Bachelor in Horticulture at the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies and Masters in Quality Management from

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. From 1998 to 2009, she worked at the State Revenue Service and the

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. She started her way into politics in 2001, when she was elected to the Carnikava Parish Council. From 2009 until 2021, Mieriņa was the Council Chair of Carnikava Municipality. After the municipality was merged into

Ādaži Municipality Ādaži Municipality () is a municipality in the historical region of Vidzeme, and the Riga Planning Region in Latvia, which consists of Ādaži and plus the administrative centre, Ādaži. The municipality is located 25 km from the cent ...

, she was elected as a council member during the 2021 municipal election. During the 2022 parliamentary election, Mieriņa was elected as a member of the Latvian parliament for its 14th term and she represents the Latvian Farmers' Union. She became chair of the committee for local government and state administration. In September 2023, she was nominated Speaker of the Saeima after the Parliament first refused to vote in Gunārs Kūtris. Mieriņa was elected on September 20 by a majority of 55 votes (34 MPs voted against).

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