Janīna Kursīte-Pakule (born 2 March 1952, in Arendole) is 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 ...

n literary scholar, linguist, writer, publicist, and politician. She has served as deputy of the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th

Saeima The Saeima () is the parliament of the Latvia, Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political parties which gain at least 5% of the po ...

s. Kursīte-Pakule is a member of the

Latvian Academy of Sciences The Latvian Academy of Sciences ( lv, Latvijas Zinātņu akadēmija) is the official Academy of Sciences, science academy of Latvia and is an association of the country's foremost scientists. The academy was founded as the ''Latvian SSR Academy o ...

. In 2018, after being re-elected to the Saeima, Kursīte-Pakule delivered her oath in Livonian before being asked to retake it in Latvian, which she did in the Livonian dialect of Latvian.

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1952 births Living people People from Vārkava Municipality For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK politicians Civic Union (Latvia) politicians New Unity politicians National Alliance (Latvia) politicians Deputies of the 9th Saeima Deputies of the 10th Saeima Deputies of the 11th Saeima Deputies of the 12th Saeima Deputies of the 13th Saeima 21st-century Latvian women politicians Women deputies of the Saeima {{Latvia-politician-stub