Inese Lībiņa-Egnere (born 25 September 1977) is a Latvian politician representing the

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party. She was a member and Deputy Speaker of the 11th

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(elected from Reform Party). She was the Deputy Speaker and the Chairperson of the National Security Committee of the 12th Saeima. In 2022, Lībiņa-Egnere was elected in the 14th Saeima. Currently she is the Latvian Minister of Justice.

Early life and career

Lībiņa-Egnere was born on 25 September 1977 in

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. She completed her secondary education in Liepaja Secondary School No5 in 1996. Higher education was gained in the Faculty of Law at the

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and afterwards at the

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in Germany. She became a member of a law firm "Liepa, Skopiņa/BORENIUS". Since 2004, she has been a lecturer – Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Law,

. In 2007, she completed her doctoral studies and gained a Doctor in Law at the University of Latvia. From 2007 to 2011 she was the legal advisor to the President of the Republic of Latvia

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Political activities

In 2011 Lībiņa-Egnere joined Zatlers` Reform Party. As a party list candidate for the 11th Parliamentary elections, she was elected from the Courland region. She became a member of the Legal Affairs Committee and the European Affairs Committee. Since 20 October 2011 has been the Deputy Chairperson of the Legal Affairs Committee. On 14 June 2012 she was elected the Deputy Speaker of the Saeima. In May 2014, together with a group of deputies and ministers from the Reform Party, Lībiņa-Egnere joined the political party

, from which she was elected in the 12th Saeima. Currently is the Deputy Speaker of the Saeima, Chairperson of the National Security Committee, the Deputy Chairperson of the Legal Affairs Committee, and the Chairperson of Judicial Policy Subcommittee of the Legal Affairs Committee. In addition to her role in parliament, Lībiņa-Egnere has been serving as the head of the Latvian delegation to the

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. As member of the Assembly, she currently is the chairwoman of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights. She also serves as a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights; the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by

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(Monitoring Committee); the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights; the Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the

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. In this capacity, she has been the Assembly’s co-rapporteur on the situation in

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, press release of 13 June 2022. She participated in the

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 mult ...

as part of the

New Unity The New Unity ( lv, Jaunā Vienotība, JV) is a centre-right political alliance in Latvia. Its members are Unity, the Latgale Party and four other regional parties, and it is orientated towards liberal-conservatism and liberalism. History Be ...

alliance and was elected, and has served as the Minister of Justice in the

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 ...

since 14 December 2022.

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Saeimas profils
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