Edmunds Sprūdžs (born 21 June 1980 in

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) is a

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and businessman. He is the former Minister for the

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and Regional Development of

and a member of the Reform Party.

Career

He was elected to the

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at the 2011 parliamentary election. He was the Reform Party's candidate for

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at the 2011 election. Sprūdžs was appointed Minister for the Environmental Protection and Regional Development in October 2011. As of 2017, he is known to be involved in various businesses at the center of "Small Wonderland" in

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, where townships are modeled with train models drive on rails, miniature cars roll on the streets residential houses and depot buildings.

References

External links

Central Election Commission of Latvia profile

Personal blog of Edmunds Sprūdžs
1980 births Living people Politicians from Riga Reform Party (Latvia) politicians Ministers of Regional Development and Local Governments of Latvia Deputies of the 11th Saeima Businesspeople from Riga Riga State Gymnasium No.1 alumni {{Latvia-politician-stub