For a Good Latvia ( lv, Par Labu Latviju!, also known as (AŠ)²) was a

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...

party alliance founded on 22 April 2010 by the People's Party,

Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way ( lv, Latvijas Pirmā partija/Latvijas Ceļš, LPP/LC) was a political party in Latvia created from the merger of the Christian-democratic Latvia's First Party (LPP), the liberal Latvian Way (LC) and the regional ...

, the businessmen's movement For a Good Latvia and some smaller parties. The initial name (AŠ)² referred to the initials of the party leaders of the People's Party ( Andris Šķēle) and LPP/LC (

Ainārs Šlesers Ainārs Šlesers (born 22 January 1970, Riga) is a Latvian business oligarch and politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia, as well as Deputy Mayor of Riga. Currently he is a member of the Latvian Parliament with his political party, La ...

). Both major parties participating had been doing badly in the polls. The alliance was headed by former Latvian president Guntis Ulmanis. In the 2010 parliamentary election it won a disappointing 8 seats and did not join the governing coalition. In July 2011 the People's Party was dissolved and

' LPP/LC renamed itself the Ainars Šlesers LPP/LC Reform Party, by analogy with the

Zatlers' Reform Party The Reform Party ( lv, Reformu partija), until April 2012 known as Zatlers' Reform Party ( lv, Zatlera Reformu partija, links=no, ZRP), was a centre-right political party in Latvia founded by former President Valdis Zatlers on 23 July 2011. It wo ...

. The parliamentary faction of "For a Good Latvia", however, continued to exist until the end of the 10th Saeima and was headed by

Edgars Zalāns Edgars Zalāns (born 3 September 1967) is a Latvian politician and architect. He was Minister of Regional Development and Local Governments of Latvia from 8 November 2007 to 17 March 2010. Biography Zalāns graduated from Riga Technical Unive ...

. In the elections of September 2011, Ainars Šlesers LPP/LC Reform Party failed to win any seats.

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External links

Official website
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